petdance/scratch — Issue #638: src/pmc/integer.c:  Implement Complex and BigInt RHS values for the pow() functions
Author: petdance
Created: 2011-11-14 06:01:25+00:00
State: open
Labels: core, Pri-normal, Sev-medium, todo

This ticket tracks an item previously tracked in the RT system at [http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=46631 RT #46631].
The following TODO item is found in ''src/pmc/integer.c'':
```
1007 =item C
1008
1009 Raises SELF to the Cth power.
1010
1011 TODO: RT #46631 Complex and BigInt rhs.
1012
1013 =cut
```
In the original RT, Paul Cochrane commented: ''This applies to all pow()-related functions, and means that the case when the right-hand-side value is complex or a BigInt needs to be implemented.''

Originally http://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/1228