# HG changeset patch
# User Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com>
# Date 1183557191 0
# Node ID a92fa56df453582647eaf1af820e3f858368724b
# Parent  4e032ef87a132ffc7ed55821c4ccc8f017966cbb
(calculator-expt): Use more cases to determine the value.

diff -r 4e032ef87a13 -r a92fa56df453 lisp/calculator.el
--- a/lisp/calculator.el	Wed Jul 04 04:36:04 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/calculator.el	Wed Jul 04 13:53:11 2007 +0000
@@ -1793,14 +1793,28 @@
       (expt x y)
     (domain-error 0.0e+NaN)
     (range-error
-     (if (> y 0) 
-         (if (and
-              (< x 0)
-              (= y (truncate y))
-              (oddp (truncate y)))
-             -1.0e+INF
-           1.0e+INF)
-       0.0))
+     (cond
+      ((and (< x 1.0) (> x -1.0))
+       ;; For small x, the range error comes from large y.
+       0.0)
+      ((and (> x 0.0) (< y 0.0))
+       ;; For large positive x and negative y, the range error 
+       ;; comes from large negative y.
+       0.0)
+      ((and (> x 0.0) (> y 0.0))
+       ;; For large positive x and positive y, the range error 
+       ;; comes from large y.
+       1.0e+INF)
+      ;; For the rest, x must be large and negative.
+      ;; The range errors come from large integer y.
+      ((< y 0.0)
+       0.0)
+      ((oddp (truncate y))
+       ;; If y is odd
+       -1.0e+INF)
+      (t
+       ;; 
+       1.0e+INF)))
     (error 0.0e+NaN)))
 
 (defun calculator-fact (x)