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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 4ba69fd5d9..dedd8e2ee5 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -814,7 +814,6 @@ flo_divmod(VALUE x, VALUE y)
* Raises <code>float</code> the <code>other</code> power.
*
* 2.0**3 #=> 8.0
- * (-8.0)**0.5 #=> NaN # try (-8.0)**Complex(0.5)
*/
static VALUE
@@ -826,7 +825,13 @@ flo_pow(VALUE x, VALUE y)
case T_BIGNUM:
return DBL2NUM(pow(RFLOAT_VALUE(x), rb_big2dbl(y)));
case T_FLOAT:
- return DBL2NUM(pow(RFLOAT_VALUE(x), RFLOAT_VALUE(y)));
+ {
+ double dx = RFLOAT_VALUE(x);
+ double dy = RFLOAT_VALUE(y);
+ if (dx < 0 && dy != round(dy))
+ return rb_funcall(rb_complex_raw1(x), rb_intern("**"), 1, y);
+ return DBL2NUM(pow(dx, dy));
+ }
default:
return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y, rb_intern("**"));
}
@@ -2468,7 +2473,6 @@ int_pow(long x, unsigned long y)
* 2 ** 3 #=> 8
* 2 ** -1 #=> 0.5
* 2 ** 0.5 #=> 1.4142135623731
- * (-8)**0.5 #=> NaN # try (-8)**Complex(0.5)
*/
static VALUE
@@ -2517,7 +2521,12 @@ fix_pow(VALUE x, VALUE y)
return DBL2NUM(RFLOAT_VALUE(y) < 0 ? infinite_value() : 0.0);
}
if (a == 1) return DBL2NUM(1.0);
- return DBL2NUM(pow((double)a, RFLOAT_VALUE(y)));
+ {
+ double dy = RFLOAT_VALUE(y);
+ if (a < 0 && dy != round(dy))
+ return rb_funcall(rb_complex_raw1(x), rb_intern("**"), 1, y);
+ return DBL2NUM(pow((double)a, dy));
+ }
default:
return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y, rb_intern("**"));
}