__builtin_cpow((0,0),(0,0))

Vincent Lefevre vincent+gcc@vinc17.org
Thu Mar 10 17:03:00 GMT 2005


On 2005-03-10 15:29:49 +0100, Paolo Carlini wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >What is powi()? I couldn't find it in the C standard. It isn't
> >in the Linux man pages either.
> >
> ;) It's just a new builtin that we have in mainline, very useful for
> implementing the integer power overloads mandated by the C++
> standard.

BTW, couldn't it be used when compiling C programs too?
Is there anything planned?

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