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Re: __builtin_cpow((0,0),(0,0))

On 2005-03-10 01:01:18 +0100, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> No.  I mean when I call powi() either through built-ins or appropriate
> overload (several programming languages do so), I expect sane semantics.

What is powi()? I couldn't find it in the C standard. It isn't
in the Linux man pages either.

> The asseryion that 0^0 is mathematically undefined is not a bogus
> reason. It is a fact.

I disagree. One can mathematically define 0^0 as 1. One often does
this.

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