// Efficiency shortcut: trap the neutral exponent (first try by pointer, then
// try harder, since calls to cln::expt() below may return amazing results for
// floating point exponent 1.0).
// Efficiency shortcut: trap the neutral exponent (first try by pointer, then
// try harder, since calls to cln::expt() below may return amazing results for
// floating point exponent 1.0).