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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- --
-- GNAT RUNTIME COMPONENTS --
-- --
-- S Y S T E M . E X P _ U N S --
-- --
-- B o d y --
-- --
-- Copyright (C) 1992-1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
-- --
-- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
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-- this unit does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be --
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-- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
-- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
-- --
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
with System.Unsigned_Types; use System.Unsigned_Types;
package body System.Exp_Uns is
------------------
-- Exp_Unsigned --
------------------
function Exp_Unsigned
(Left : Unsigned;
Right : Natural)
return Unsigned
is
Result : Unsigned := 1;
Factor : Unsigned := Left;
Exp : Natural := Right;
begin
-- We use the standard logarithmic approach, Exp gets shifted right
-- testing successive low order bits and Factor is the value of the
-- base raised to the next power of 2.
-- Note: it is not worth special casing the cases of base values -1,0,+1
-- since the expander does this when the base is a literal, and other
-- cases will be extremely rare.
if Exp /= 0 then
loop
if Exp rem 2 /= 0 then
Result := Result * Factor;
end if;
Exp := Exp / 2;
exit when Exp = 0;
Factor := Factor * Factor;
end loop;
end if;
return Result;
end Exp_Unsigned;
end System.Exp_Uns;