ack/lang/cem/libcc.ansi/core/math/sqrt.c

/*
 * (c) copyright 1988 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
 * See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
 *
 * Author: Ceriel J.H. Jacobs
 */
/* $Id$ */

#include <math.h>
#include <float.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ack/config.h>

#if ACKCONF_WANT_FLOAT

#define NITER 5

double
sqrt(double x)
{
	int exponent;
	double val;

	if (__IsNan(x))
	{
		errno = EDOM;
		return x;
	}
	if (x <= 0)
	{
		if (x < 0)
			errno = EDOM;
		return 0;
	}

	if (x > DBL_MAX)
		return x; /* for infinity */

	val = frexp(x, &exponent);
	if (exponent & 1)
	{
		exponent--;
		val *= 2;
	}
	val = ldexp(val + 1.0, exponent / 2 - 1);
	/* was: val = (val + 1.0)/2.0; val = ldexp(val, exponent/2); */
	for (exponent = NITER - 1; exponent >= 0; exponent--)
	{
		val = (val + x / val) / 2.0;
	}
	return val;
}

#endif