[Cfp-interest 1838] Negative zero

[Fred J. Tydeman]

C in <math.h> 7.12.7.5 The pow functions has:
 A domain error occurs if x is finite and negative
 and y is finite and not an integer value.

Is -0.0 negative?
Is pow(-0.0, 1.5) a domain error?

F.10.4.5 The pow functions has:
pow(±0, y) returns +0 for y > 0 and not an odd integer.

Should "negative" be changed to "less than zero" in the above?


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