2003-12-26 Guilhem Lavaux <guilhem@kaffe.org>
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2 -- --
3 -- GNAT RUNTIME COMPONENTS --
4 -- --
5 -- S Y S T E M . E X N _ L L F --
6 -- --
7 -- B o d y --
8 -- --
9 -- Copyright (C) 1992-2003, Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
10 -- --
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21 -- --
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23 -- unit, or you link this unit with other files to produce an executable, --
24 -- this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be --
25 -- covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not --
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27 -- covered by the GNU Public License. --
28 -- --
29 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
30 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
31 -- --
32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
34 package body System.Exn_LLF is
36 -------------------------
37 -- Exn_Long_Long_Float --
38 -------------------------
40 function Exn_Long_Long_Float
41 (Left : Long_Long_Float;
42 Right : Integer)
43 return Long_Long_Float
45 Result : Long_Long_Float := 1.0;
46 Factor : Long_Long_Float := Left;
47 Exp : Integer := Right;
49 begin
50 -- We use the standard logarithmic approach, Exp gets shifted right
51 -- testing successive low order bits and Factor is the value of the
52 -- base raised to the next power of 2. For positive exponents we
53 -- multiply the result by this factor, for negative exponents, we
54 -- Division by this factor.
56 if Exp >= 0 then
57 loop
58 if Exp rem 2 /= 0 then
59 Result := Result * Factor;
60 end if;
62 Exp := Exp / 2;
63 exit when Exp = 0;
64 Factor := Factor * Factor;
65 end loop;
67 return Result;
69 -- Here we have a negative exponent, and we compute the result as:
71 -- 1.0 / (Left ** (-Right))
73 -- Note that the case of Left being zero is not special, it will
74 -- simply result in a division by zero at the end, yielding a
75 -- correctly signed infinity, or possibly generating an overflow.
77 -- Note on overflow: The coding of this routine assumes that the
78 -- target generates infinities with standard IEEE semantics. If this
79 -- is not the case, then the code below may raise Constraint_Error.
80 -- This follows the implementation permission given in RM 4.5.6(12).
82 else
83 begin
84 loop
85 if Exp rem 2 /= 0 then
86 Result := Result * Factor;
87 end if;
89 Exp := Exp / 2;
90 exit when Exp = 0;
91 Factor := Factor * Factor;
92 end loop;
94 return 1.0 / Result;
95 end;
96 end if;
97 end Exn_Long_Long_Float;
99 end System.Exn_LLF;