>
> What's the right thing to do?
>
> (1) -> 0.0 ^ (0::NNI)
>
> (1) 1.0
> Type: Float
> (2) -> 0.0 ^ (0::INT)
>
> >> Error detected within library code:
> 0^0 is undefined
For exact exponsnts it should give 1.
> (4) -> (0.0^0.0)$DFLOAT
>
> >> System error:
> arithmetic error SB-INT:ARGUMENTS-OUT-OF-DOMAIN-ERROR signalled
> Operation was EXPT, operands (0.0 0.0).
> See also:
> The ANSI Standard, Function EXPT
For approximate exponents it make sense to leave it undefiend
(and signal errors when users try to use it).
--
Waldek Hebisch
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