[PATCH v2 2/2] Simplify powl computation for small integral y [BZ #33411]

Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@sourceware.org
Tue Oct 21 12:53:52 GMT 2025


On 2025-10-21 08:45, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2025, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> 
>> diff --git a/math/test-powl.c b/math/test-powl.c
> 
> It's odd to use what's essentially a legacy test here rather than putting
> the new test input into auto-libm-test-in, given that testing for spurious
> overflow is fully handled in the auto-libm-test machinery without needing
> special-case C code for a particular test.

Oh I chose this because auto-libm-test-in doesn't seem to have any powl 
inputs.  It does get tested indirectly through pown and friends though; 
would you suggest I add it as a test for pown or should I add it for powl?

Thanks,
Sid


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