* Interface to GiNaC's symbolic exponentiation (basis^exponent). */
/*
- * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
+ * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// other ctors
public:
- power(const ex & lh, const ex & rh);
- power(const ex & lh, const numeric & rh);
+ power(const ex & lh, const ex & rh) : inherited(TINFO_power), basis(lh), exponent(rh) {}
+ template<typename T> power(const ex & lh, const T & rh) : inherited(TINFO_power), basis(lh), exponent(rh) {}
- // functions overriding virtual functions from bases classes
+ // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
void print(const print_context & c, unsigned level = 0) const;
unsigned precedence(void) const {return 60;}
ex expand_add(const add & a, int n) const;
ex expand_add_2(const add & a) const;
ex expand_mul(const mul & m, const numeric & n) const;
- //ex expand_commutative_3(const ex & basis, const numeric & exponent,
- // unsigned options) const;
- //ex expand_noncommutative(const ex & basis, const numeric & exponent, unsigned options) const;
// member variables
};
// utility functions
-inline const power &ex_to_power(const ex &e)
+
+/** Efficient specialization of is_exactly_a<power>(obj) for power objects. */
+template<> inline bool is_exactly_a<power>(const basic & obj)
{
- return static_cast<const power &>(*e.bp);
+ return obj.tinfo()==TINFO_power;
}
// wrapper functions
{
return power(b, e);
}
+template<typename T1, typename T2>
+inline ex pow(const T1 & b, const T2 & e)
+{
+ return power(ex(b), ex(e));
+}
/** Square root expression. Returns a power-object with exponent 1/2. */
-ex sqrt(const ex & a);
+inline ex sqrt(const ex & a)
+{
+ extern const ex _ex1_2;
+ return power(a,_ex1_2);
+}
} // namespace GiNaC