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On 2012-Aug-15 08:15:52 +1000, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>I hardly looked at e_pow.c before.  It is apparently half about repeating
>e_log.c and e_exp.c, to get at their extra internal precision.

I expect cpow() will similarly have to copy slabs of code from e_pow.c
to avoid losing precision or domain.  Is it worth pulling some of this
"common" code out so that it can be shared amongst all the different
functions that need it?

--=20
Peter Jeremy

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