std::pow implementation

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Steven Bosscher <s.bosscher@student.tudelft.nl> writes:

| > In effect, if you have a close look at the pattern of usage of C++,
| > you'll notice that after inlining, there are lots of opportunities for
| > the compiler to remove junks.  KCC understood that.
| 
| The question is, how did it know in advance what would turn into junk
| and what would not.  That's the key.

To some degree.  But above anything, they did honour "inline".  It is
harder to figure out without.

-- Gaby