exp2l: Work around a NetBSD 10.0/i386 bug.
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1 /* Base 2 logarithm.
2 Copyright (C) 2011-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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9 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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15 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 #include <config.h>
19 /* Specification. */
20 #include <math.h>
22 #if HAVE_SAME_LONG_DOUBLE_AS_DOUBLE
24 long double
25 log2l (long double x)
27 return log2 (x);
30 #else
32 /* Best possible approximation of log(2) as a 'long double'. */
33 #define LOG2 0.693147180559945309417232121458176568075L
35 /* Best possible approximation of 1/log(2) as a 'long double'. */
36 #define LOG2_INVERSE 1.44269504088896340735992468100189213743L
38 /* sqrt(0.5). */
39 #define SQRT_HALF 0.707106781186547524400844362104849039284L
41 long double
42 log2l (long double x)
44 if (isnanl (x))
45 return x;
47 if (x <= 0.0L)
49 if (x == 0.0L)
50 /* Return -Infinity. */
51 return - HUGE_VALL;
52 else
54 /* Return NaN. */
55 #if (defined _MSC_VER && !defined __clang__) || (defined __sgi && !defined __GNUC__)
56 static long double zero;
57 return zero / zero;
58 #else
59 return 0.0L / 0.0L;
60 #endif
64 /* Decompose x into
65 x = 2^e * y
66 where
67 e is an integer,
68 1/2 < y < 2.
69 Then log2(x) = e + log2(y) = e + log(y)/log(2). */
71 int e;
72 long double y;
74 y = frexpl (x, &e);
75 if (y < SQRT_HALF)
77 y = 2.0L * y;
78 e = e - 1;
81 return (long double) e + logl (y) * LOG2_INVERSE;
85 #endif