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(*
 * BatFloat - Extended floats
 * Copyright (C) 2007 Bluestorm <bluestorm dot dylc on-the-server gmail dot com>
 *               2009 David Rajchenbach-Teller, LIFO, Universite d'Orleans
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version,
 * with the special exception on linking described in file LICENSE.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *)



(**Operations on floating-point numbers.

   OCaml's floating-point numbers follow the IEEE 754 standard, using
   double precision (64 bits) numbers. Floating-point operations never
   raise an exception on overflow, underflow, division by zero,
   etc. Instead, special IEEE numbers are returned as appropriate,
   such as [infinity] for [1.0 /. 0.0], [neg_infinity] for [-1.0 /. 0.0], and
   [nan] (``not a number'') for [0.0 /. 0.0]. These special numbers then
   propagate through floating-point computations as expected: for
   instance, [1.0 /. infinity] is [0.0], and any operation with [nan] as
   argument returns [nan] as result.

   For more precision, see
   {{:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754}The Wikipedia entry on
   standard IEEE 754}.

   @author Gabriel Scherer
   @author David Teller
   @author Edgar Friendly

   @documents Float
*)

type t = float
(**The type of floating-point numbers.

   Floating-point numbers are the default representation of
   real numbers by OCaml. *)

(**
   {6 Usual operations}
*)

val zero : float
(** Floating number zero. This is the same thing as [0.]*)

val one : float
(** Floating number one. This is the same thing as [1.]*)

external neg : float -> float = "%negfloat"
(** Returns the negation of the input, i.e. (fun x -> ~-. x) *)

val succ : float -> float
(** Add [1.] to a floating number. Note that, as per IEEE 754,
    if [x] is a large enough float number, [succ x] might be
    equal to [x], due to rounding.*)

val pred : float -> float
(** Substract [1.] from a floating number. Note that, as per
    IEEE 754, if [x] is a large enough float number, [pred x]
    might be equal to [x], due to rounding.*)

external abs : float -> float = "%absfloat"
(** The absolute value of a floating point number.*)

val add : float -> float -> float
val sub : float -> float -> float
val mul : float -> float -> float
val div : float -> float -> float
external modulo : float -> float -> float = "caml_fmod_float" "fmod" "float"
external pow : float -> float -> float = "caml_power_float" "pow" "float"
val min_num : float
val max_num : float
val compare : float -> float -> int
val equal : float -> float -> bool
val ord : float -> float -> BatOrd.order
external of_int : int -> float = "%floatofint"
external to_int : float -> int = "%intoffloat"
external of_float : float -> float = "%identity"
external to_float : float -> float = "%identity"
val of_string : string -> float
val to_string : float -> string
external ( + ) : t -> t -> t = "%addfloat"
external ( - ) : t -> t -> t = "%subfloat"
external ( * ) : t -> t -> t = "%mulfloat"
external ( / ) : t -> t -> t = "%divfloat"
external ( ** ) : t -> t -> t = "caml_power_float" "pow" "float"
val min : float -> float -> float
val max : float -> float -> float

(* Available only in `Compare` submodule
   val ( <> ) : t -> t -> bool
   val ( >= ) : t -> t -> bool
   val ( <= ) : t -> t -> bool
   val ( > ) : t -> t -> bool
   val ( < ) : t -> t -> bool
   val ( = ) : t -> t -> bool
*)
val ( -- ): t -> t -> t BatEnum.t
val ( --- ): t -> t -> t BatEnum.t
val operations : t BatNumber.numeric

(**
   {6 Operations specific to floating-point numbers}
*)

external sqrt : float -> float = "caml_sqrt_float" "sqrt" "float"
(** Square root. *)

external exp : float -> float = "caml_exp_float" "exp" "float"
(** Exponential. *)

external log : float -> float = "caml_log_float" "log" "float"
(** Natural logarithm. *)

external log10 : float -> float = "caml_log10_float" "log10" "float"
(** Base 10 logarithm. *)

external cos : float -> float = "caml_cos_float" "cos" "float"
(** See {!atan2}. *)

external sin : float -> float = "caml_sin_float" "sin" "float"
(** See {!atan2}. *)

external tan : float -> float = "caml_tan_float" "tan" "float"
(** See {!atan2}. *)

external acos : float -> float = "caml_acos_float" "acos" "float"
(** See {!atan2}. *)

external asin : float -> float = "caml_asin_float" "asin" "float"
(** See {!atan2}. *)

external atan : float -> float = "caml_atan_float" "atan" "float"
(** See {!atan2}. *)

external atan2 : float -> float -> float = "caml_atan2_float" "atan2" "float"
(** The usual trigonometric functions. *)

external cosh : float -> float = "caml_cosh_float" "cosh" "float"
(** See {!tanh}. *)

external sinh : float -> float = "caml_sinh_float" "sinh" "float"
(** See {!tanh}. *)

external tanh : float -> float = "caml_tanh_float" "tanh" "float"
(** The usual hyperbolic trigonometric functions. *)

external ceil : float -> float = "caml_ceil_float" "ceil" "float"
(** See {!floor}. *)

external floor : float -> float = "caml_floor_float" "floor" "float"
(** Round the given float to an integer value.
    [floor f] returns the greatest integer value less than or
    equal to [f].
    [ceil f] returns the least integer value greater than or
    equal to [f]. *)

val round : float -> float
(** [round x] rounds [x] to the nearest integral floating-point
    (the nearest of [floor x] and [ceil x]). In case the fraction
    of x is exactly 0.5, we round away from 0. : [round 1.5] is
    [2.] but [round (-3.5)] is [-4.]. *)

val round_to_int : float -> int
(** [round_to_int x] is [int_of_float (round x)].

    @since 2.0 *)

val round_to_string : ?digits:int -> float -> string
(** [round_to_string ~digits:d x] will return a string
    representation of [x] -- in base 10 -- rounded to [d] digits
    after the decimal point. By default, [digits] is [0], we round
    to the nearest integer.

    @raise Invalid_argument if the ~digits argument is negative.

    This is strictly a convenience function for simple end-user
    printing and you should not rely on its behavior. One possible
    implementation is to rely on C `sprintf` internally, which
    means:

    - no guarantee is given on the round-at-half behavior; it may
    not be consistent with [round] or [round_to_int]

    - [round_to_string ~digits:0 3.] may return "3" instead of
    "3." as [string_of_float] would

    - no guarantee is given on the behavior for abusively high
    number of digits precision; for example [round_to_string
    ~digits:max_int x] may return the empty string.

    @since 2.0 *)

(** [root x n] calculates the nth root of x.

    @raise Invalid_argument if n is negative or if the result would
    be imaginary *)
val root: float -> int -> float

(** @return True if the sign bit of [x] is set. This usually indicates thet [x] is negative. @since 2.0*)
val signbit: float -> bool

(** [copysign x y] returns a copy of [x] with the same sign as [y].  @since 2.0*)
val copysign: float -> float -> float

val is_nan : float -> bool
(** [is_nan f] returns [true] if [f] is [nan], [false] otherwise.*)

val is_special : float -> bool
(** [is_special f] returns [true] if [f] is [nan] or [+/- infinity],
    [false] otherwise.

    @since 2.0 *)

val is_finite : float -> bool
(** [is_finite f] returns [true] if [f] is not [nan] or [+/- infinity],
    [false] otherwise.

    @since 2.0 *)

(** {6 Constants} *)

(** Special float constants.  It may not be safe to compare
    directly with these, as they have multiple internal
    representations.  Instead use the [is_special], [is_nan],
    etc. tests *)

val infinity : float
(** Positive infinity. *)

val neg_infinity : float
(** Negative infinity. *)

val nan : float
(** A special floating-point value denoting the result of an
    undefined operation such as [0.0 /. 0.0].  Stands for ``not
    a number''.  Any floating-point operation with [nan] as
    argument returns [nan] as result.  As for floating-point
    comparisons, [=], [<], [<=], [>] and [>=] return [false] and
    [<>] returns [true] if one or both of their arguments is
    [nan]. *)

(** Numeric constants *)

(** The smallest positive float [x] such that [1.0 +. x <> 1.0]. *)
val epsilon : float

(** Euler? ... Euler? ... Euler? @since 2.0*)
val e: float

(** [Math.log2 e] @since 2.0 *)
val log2e: float

(** [log10 e] @since 2.0 *)
val log10e: float

(** [log 2] @since 2.0 *)
val ln2: float

(** [log 10] @since 2.0 *)
val ln10: float

(** The constant pi (3.14159...) *)
val pi : float

(** [pi /. 2.] @since 2.0 *)
val pi2: float

(** [pi /. 4.] @since 2.0 *)
val pi4: float

(** [1. /. pi] @since 2.0 *)
val invpi: float

(** [2. /. pi] @since 2.0 *)
val invpi2: float

(** [2. *. sqrt pi] @since 2.0 *)
val sqrtpi2: float

(** [sqrt 2.] @since 2.0 *)
val sqrt2: float

(** [1. /. sqrt 2.] @since 2.0 *)
val invsqrt2: float


(** {6 Operations on the internal representation of floating-point
    numbers}*)

external frexp : float -> float * int = "caml_frexp_float"
(** [frexp f] returns the pair of the significant and the exponent
    of [f].  When [f] is zero, the significant [x] and the
    exponent [n] of [f] are equal to zero.  When [f] is non-zero,
    they are defined by [f = x *. 2 ** n] and [0.5 <= x < 1.0]. *)

external ldexp : float -> int -> float = "caml_ldexp_float"
(** [ldexp x n] returns [x *. 2 ** n]. *)

external modf : float -> float * float = "caml_modf_float"
(** [modf f] returns the pair of the fractional and integral
      part of [f]. *)

(** Classes of floating point numbers*)
type fpkind =
    Pervasives.fpclass =
  | FP_normal           (** Normal number, none of the below *)
  | FP_subnormal        (** Number very close to 0.0, has reduced precision *)
  | FP_zero             (** Number is 0.0 or -0.0 *)
  | FP_infinite         (** Number is positive or negative infinity *)
  | FP_nan              (** Not a number: result of an undefined operation *)
(** The five classes of floating-point numbers, as determined by
    the {!classify} function. *)

external classify : float -> fpkind = "caml_classify_float"
(** Return the class of the given floating-point number:
    normal, subnormal, zero, infinite, or not a number. *)

val approx_equal : ?epsilon:float -> float -> float -> bool
(** Test whether two floats are approximately equal (i.e. within
    epsilon of each other).  [epsilon] defaults to 1e-5. *)

(** {6 Submodules grouping all infix operators} *)

module Infix : sig
  include BatNumber.Infix with type bat__infix_t = t
  val (=~) : ?epsilon:float -> float -> float -> bool
    (** Approximate comparison of two floats, as [approx_equal].
        [epsilon] defaults to 1e-5. *)
end

module Compare : BatNumber.Compare with type bat__compare_t = t

include (BatNumber.RefOps with type bat__refops_t = t)

(** {6 Boilerplate code}*)

(** {7 Printing}*)
val print: (t, _) BatIO.printer

(**Operations on floating-point numbers, with exceptions raised in
   case of error.

   The operations implemented in this module are the same as the operations
   implemented in module {!Float}, with the exception that no operation returns
   [nan], [infinity] or [neg_infinity]. In case of overflow, instead of returning
   [infinity] or [neg_infinity], operations raise exception {!Number.Overflow}.
   In case of [nan], operations raise exception {!Number.NaN}.

   OCaml's floating-point numbers follow the IEEE 754 standard, using
   double precision (64 bits) numbers. Floating-point operations never
   raise an exception on overflow, underflow, division by zero,
   etc. Instead, special IEEE numbers are returned as appropriate,
   such as [infinity] for [1.0 /. 0.0], [neg_infinity] for [-1.0 /. 0.0], and
   [nan] (``not a number'') for [0.0 /. 0.0]. These special numbers then
   propagate through floating-point computations as expected: for
   instance, [1.0 /. infinity] is [0.0], and any operation with [nan] as
   argument returns [nan] as result.

   For more precision, see
   {{:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754}The Wikipedia entry on
   standard IEEE 754}.

   @author David Teller

   @documents Safe_float
*)
module Safe_float :
sig


  type t = float
  (**The type of floating-point numbers.

       Floating-point numbers are the default representation of
       real numbers by OCaml. *)

  (**
     {6 Usual operations}
  *)

  val zero : float
  (** Floating number zero. This is the same thing as [0.]*)

  val one : float
  (** Floating number one. This is the same thing as [1.]*)

  val neg : float -> float

  val succ : float -> float
  (** Add [1.] to a floating number. Note that, as per IEEE 754,
      if [x] is a large enough float number, [succ x] might be
      equal to [x], due to rounding.*)

  val pred : float -> float
  (** Substract [1.] from a floating number. Note that, as per
      IEEE 754, if [x] is a large enough float number, [pred x]
      might be equal to [x], due to rounding.*)

  val abs : float -> float
  (** The absolute value of a floating point number.*)

  val add : float -> float -> float
  val sub : float -> float -> float
  val mul : float -> float -> float
  val div : float -> float -> float
  val modulo : float -> float -> float
  val pow : float -> float -> float
  val min_num : float
  val max_num : float
  val compare : float -> float -> int
  val of_int : int -> float
  val to_int : float -> int
  external of_float : float -> float = "%identity"
  external to_float : float -> float = "%identity"
  val of_string : string -> float
  val to_string : float -> string
  val ( + ) : t -> t -> t
  val ( - ) : t -> t -> t
  val ( * ) : t -> t -> t
  val ( / ) : t -> t -> t
  val ( ** ) : t -> t -> t
  (* Available only in `Compare` submodule
      val ( <> ) : t -> t -> bool
      val ( >= ) : t -> t -> bool
      val ( <= ) : t -> t -> bool
      val ( > ) : t -> t -> bool
      val ( < ) : t -> t -> bool
      val ( = ) : t -> t -> bool
  *)
  val operations : t BatNumber.numeric

  (**
     {6 Operations specific to floating-point numbers}
  *)

  val exp : float -> float
  (** Exponential. *)

  val log : float -> float
  (** Natural logarithm. *)

  val log10 : float -> float
  (** Base 10 logarithm. *)

  val cos : float -> float
  (** See {!atan2}. *)

  val sin : float -> float
  (** See {!atan2}. *)

  val tan : float -> float
  (** See {!atan2}. *)

  val acos : float -> float
  (** See {!atan2}. *)

  val asin : float -> float
  (** See {!atan2}. *)

  val atan : float -> float
  (** See {!atan2}. *)

  val atan2 : float -> float -> float
  (** The usual trigonometric functions. *)

  val cosh : float -> float
  (** See {!tanh}. *)

  val sinh : float -> float
  (** See {!tanh}. *)

  val tanh : float -> float
  (** The usual hyperbolic trigonometric functions. *)

  val ceil : float -> float
  (** See {!floor}. *)

  val floor : float -> float
  (** Round the given float to an integer value.
      [floor f] returns the greatest integer value less than or
      equal to [f].
      [ceil f] returns the least integer value greater than or
      equal to [f]. *)

  val infinity : float
  (** Positive infinity. *)

  val neg_infinity : float
  (** Negative infinity. *)

  val nan : float
  (** A special floating-point value denoting the result of an
      undefined operation such as [0.0 /. 0.0].  Stands for
      ``not a number''.  Any floating-point operation with [nan] as
      argument returns [nan] as result.  As for floating-point comparisons,
      [=], [<], [<=], [>] and [>=] return [false] and [<>] returns [true]
      if one or both of their arguments is [nan]. *)

  val is_nan : float -> bool
  (** [is_nan f] returns [true] if [f] is [nan], [false] otherwise.*)

  val epsilon : float
  (** The smallest positive float [x] such that [1.0 +. x <> 1.0]. *)

  val pi : float
  (** The constant pi (3.14159...) *)

  (** {6 Operations on the internal representation of floating-point numbers}*)

  val frexp : float -> float * int
  (** [frexp f] returns the pair of the significant
      and the exponent of [f].  When [f] is zero, the
      significant [x] and the exponent [n] of [f] are equal to
      zero.  When [f] is non-zero, they are defined by
      [f = x *. 2 ** n] and [0.5 <= x < 1.0]. *)

  val ldexp : float -> int -> float
  (** [ldexp x n] returns [x *. 2 ** n]. *)

  val modf : float -> float * float
  (** [modf f] returns the pair of the fractional and integral
      part of [f]. *)

  (** Classes of floating point numbers*)
  type fpkind = Pervasives.fpclass =
      FP_normal           (** Normal number, none of the below *)
    | FP_subnormal        (** Number very close to 0.0, has reduced precision *)
    | FP_zero             (** Number is 0.0 or -0.0 *)
    | FP_infinite         (** Number is positive or negative infinity *)
    | FP_nan              (** Not a number: result of an undefined operation *)
  (** The five classes of floating-point numbers, as determined by
          the {!classify} function. *)

  external classify : float -> fpkind = "caml_classify_float"
  (** Return the class of the given floating-point number:
        normal, subnormal, zero, infinite, or not a number. *)


  (** {6 Boilerplate code}*)

  (** {7 Printing}*)
  val print: 'a BatInnerIO.output -> t -> unit
end