Hi all,
I've been giving a thought about this and I think we could reach the
compromise
of having a single function with 2 overloads:
* pow(double, double) -> double: Uses C pow().
* pow(int, int) -> double: Uses ipow() for positive exponents, and pow()
for negative exponents.
In both cases we'd return a double but we use the fast ipow if it's possible
(which can be 20x faster), so at the cost of an extra cast if you need an
int,
we'd have a consistent API. Would this be acceptable?