/* Support routines for the intrinsic power (**) operator.
   Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   Contributed by Paul Brook

This file is part of the GNU Fortran 95 runtime library (libgfortran).

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#include "config.h"
#include "libgfortran.h"

/* Use Binary Method to calculate the powi. This is not an optimal but
   a simple and reasonable arithmetic. See section 4.6.3, "Evaluation of
   Powers" of Donald E. Knuth, "Seminumerical Algorithms", Vol. 2, "The Art
   of Computer Programming", 3rd Edition, 1998.  */

GFC_REAL_4 pow_r4_i8 (GFC_REAL_4 a, GFC_INTEGER_8 b);
export_proto(pow_r4_i8);

GFC_REAL_4
pow_r4_i8 (GFC_REAL_4 a, GFC_INTEGER_8 b)
{
  GFC_REAL_4 pow, x;
  GFC_INTEGER_8 n, u;
  
  n = b;
  x = a;
  pow = 1;
  if (n != 0)
    {
      if (n < 0)
	{

	  n = -n;
	  x = pow / x;
	}
      u = n;
      for (;;)
	{
	  if (u & 1)
	    pow *= x;
	  u >>= 1;
	  if (u)
	    x *= x;
	  else
	    break;
	}
    }
  return pow;
}
