[Haskell-cafe] why is Prelude.^ so convoluted?

{- (^) :: (Num a, Integral b) => a -> b -> a x ^ 0 = 1 x ^ n | n > 0 = f x (n-1) x where f _ 0 y = y f x n y = g x n where g x n | even n = g (x*x) (n`quot`2) | otherwise = f x (n-1) (x*y) _ ^ _ = error "Prelude.^: negative exponent" -} -- Is (^) :: (Num a, Integral b) => a -> b -> a x ^ 0 = 1 x ^ n = if even n then y*y else y*y*x where y = x ^ (n `quot` 2) _ ^ _ = error "negative exponent" -- not good enough? ________________________________________________________________ Verschicken Sie romantische, coole und witzige Bilder per SMS! Jetzt neu bei WEB.DE FreeMail: http://freemail.web.de/?mc=021193