require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__) describe "Bignum#**" do before :each do @bignum = bignum_value(47) end it "returns self raised to other power" do (@bignum ** 4).should == 7237005577332262361485077344629993318496048279512298547155833600056910050625 (@bignum ** 1.2).should be_close(57262152889751597425762.57804, TOLERANCE) end it "raises a TypeError when given a non-Integer" do lambda { @bignum ** mock('10') }.should raise_error lambda { @bignum ** "10" }.should raise_error lambda { @bignum ** :symbol }.should raise_error end it "switch to a Float when the values is too big" do flt = (@bignum ** @bignum) flt.should be_kind_of(Float) flt.infinite?.should == 1 end it "returns a complex number when negative and raised to a fractional power" do ((-@bignum) ** (1.0/3)) .should be_close(Complex(1048576,1816186.907597341), TOLERANCE) ((-@bignum) ** Rational(1,3)).should be_close(Complex(1048576,1816186.907597341), TOLERANCE) end end