PATCH: More edge tests on t/op/pow.t

Message-ID: <20030723213834.GA20468@petdance.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@20201

diff --git a/t/op/pow.t b/t/op/pow.t
index 4342b13..9dd7780 100644 (file)
--- a/t/op/pow.t
+++ b/t/op/pow.t
@@ -22,11 +22,28 @@ my @pow = ([3,30,1e-14],
 my $tests;
 $tests += $_->[1] foreach @pow;
 
-plan tests => 2 + $bits_in_uv + $tests;
+plan tests => 13 + $bits_in_uv + $tests;
 
-# This gave positive 27 before change #20167
+# (-3)**3 gave 27 instead of -27 before change #20167.
+# Let's test the other similar edge cases, too.
+is((-3)**0, 1,   "negative ** 0 = 1");
+is((-3)**1, -3,  "negative ** 1 = self");
+is((-3)**2, 9,   "negative ** 2 = positive");
 is((-3)**3, -27, "(negative int) ** (odd power) is negative");
 
+# Positives shouldn't be a problem
+is(3**0, 1,      "positive ** 0 = 1");
+is(3**1, 3,      "positive ** 1 = self");
+is(3**2, 9,      "positive ** 2 = positive");
+is(3**3, 27,     "(positive int) ** (odd power) is positive");
+
+# And test order of operations while we're at it
+is(-3**0, -1);
+is(-3**1, -3);
+is(-3**2, -9);
+is(-3**3, -27);
+
+
 # Ought to be 32, 64, 36 or something like that.
 
 my $remainder = $bits_in_uv & 3;