std::pow implementation

[Richard Guenther]

On 30 Jul 2003, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

> Steven Bosscher <s.bosscher@student.tudelft.nl> writes:
>
> | > IMNSHO, the keyword "inline" means precisely what it says: to inline the
> | > code for a given function, if possible.
> |
> | Richard Guenther's experience with this meaning for "inline" are not
> | that positive: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-07/msg02140.html.
>
> It is no surprise that inlinig with no proper constant propagation and
> dead code elimination does not produce better code.

I think this statement is way too harsh, as cprop and dce are quite good
with gcc - apart from some special cases such as your std::pow(T, int)
implementation (for which we need to blame the loop unroller, not cprop
or dce).

Richard.