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diff --git a/lisp/calc/calc-math.el b/lisp/calc/calc-math.el
index 249dff56979..a442f2b4e03 100644
--- a/lisp/calc/calc-math.el
+++ b/lisp/calc/calc-math.el
@@ -32,6 +32,71 @@
(require 'calc-ext)
(require 'calc-macs)
+
+;;; Find out how many 9s in 9.9999... will give distinct Emacs floats,
+;;; then back off by one.
+
+(defvar math-emacs-precision
+ (let* ((n 1)
+ (x 9)
+ (xx (+ x (* 9 (expt 10 (- n))))))
+ (while (/= x xx)
+ (progn
+ (setq n (1+ n))
+ (setq x xx)
+ (setq xx (+ x (* 9 (expt 10 (- n)))))))
+ (1- n))
+ "The number of digits in an Emacs float.")
+
+;;; Find the largest power of 10 which is an Emacs float,
+;;; then back off by one so that any float d.dddd...eN
+;;; is an Emacs float, for acceptable d.dddd....
+
+(defvar math-largest-emacs-expt
+ (let ((x 1))
+ (while (condition-case nil
+ (expt 10.0 x)
+ (error nil))
+ (setq x (* 2 x)))
+ (setq x (/ x 2))
+ (while (condition-case nil
+ (expt 10.0 x)
+ (error nil))
+ (setq x (1+ x)))
+ (- x 2))
+ "The largest exponent which Calc will convert to an Emacs float.")
+
+(defvar math-smallest-emacs-expt
+ (let ((x -1))
+ (while (condition-case nil
+ (expt 10.0 x)
+ (error nil))
+ (setq x (* 2 x)))
+ (setq x (/ x 2))
+ (while (condition-case nil
+ (expt 10.0 x)
+ (error nil))
+ (setq x (1- x)))
+ (+ x 2))
+ "The smallest exponent which Calc will convert to an Emacs float.")
+
+(defun math-use-emacs-fn (fn x)
+ "Use the native Emacs function FN to evaluate the Calc number X.
+If this can't be done, return NIL."
+ (and
+ (<= calc-internal-prec math-emacs-precision)
+ (math-realp x)
+ (let* ((fx (math-float x))
+ (xpon (+ (nth 2 x) (1- (math-numdigs (nth 1 x))))))
+ (and (<= math-smallest-emacs-expt xpon)
+ (<= xpon math-largest-emacs-expt)
+ (condition-case nil
+ (math-read-number
+ (number-to-string
+ (funcall fn
+ (string-to-number (math-format-number (math-float x))))))
+ (error nil))))))
+
(defun calc-sqrt (arg)
(interactive "P")
(calc-slow-wrapper
@@ -310,15 +375,15 @@
(let* ((top (nthcdr (- len 2) a)))
(math-isqrt-bignum-iter
a
- (math-scale-bignum-3
+ (math-scale-bignum-digit-size
(math-bignum-big
(1+ (math-isqrt-small
- (+ (* (nth 1 top) 1000) (car top)))))
+ (+ (* (nth 1 top) math-bignum-digit-size) (car top)))))
(1- (/ len 2)))))
(let* ((top (nth (1- len) a)))
(math-isqrt-bignum-iter
a
- (math-scale-bignum-3
+ (math-scale-bignum-digit-size
(list (1+ (math-isqrt-small top)))
(/ len 2)))))))
@@ -341,14 +406,15 @@
(while (eq (car (setq a (cdr a))) 0))
(null a))))
-(defun math-scale-bignum-3 (a n) ; [L L S]
+(defun math-scale-bignum-digit-size (a n) ; [L L S]
(while (> n 0)
(setq a (cons 0 a)
n (1- n)))
a)
(defun math-isqrt-small (a) ; A > 0. [S S]
- (let ((g (cond ((>= a 10000) 1000)
+ (let ((g (cond ((>= a 1000000) 10000)
+ ((>= a 10000) 1000)
((>= a 100) 100)
(t 10)))
g2)
@@ -1402,6 +1468,7 @@
(list 'polar
(math-exp-raw (nth 1 xc))
(math-from-radians (nth 2 xc)))))
+ ((math-use-emacs-fn 'exp x))
((or (math-lessp-float '(float 5 -1) x)
(math-lessp-float x '(float -5 -1)))
(if (math-lessp-float '(float 921035 1) x)
@@ -1717,10 +1784,20 @@
sum
(math-lnp1-series nextsum (1+ n) nextx x))))
-(math-defcache math-ln-10 (float (bigpos 018 684 045 994 092 585 302 2) -21)
+(defconst math-approx-ln-10
+ (eval-when-compile
+ (math-read-number-simple "2.302585092994045684018"))
+ "An approximation for ln(10).")
+
+(math-defcache math-ln-10 math-approx-ln-10
(math-ln-raw-2 '(float 1 1)))
-(math-defcache math-ln-2 (float (bigpos 417 309 945 559 180 147 693) -21)
+(defconst math-approx-ln-2
+ (eval-when-compile
+ (math-read-number-simple "0.693147180559945309417"))
+ "An approximation for ln(2).")
+
+(math-defcache math-ln-2 math-approx-ln-2
(math-ln-raw-3 (math-float '(frac 1 3))))