Fix some pow edge cases

base/math.jl

@@ -1098,14 +1098,18 @@ end
 # @constprop aggressive to help the compiler see the switch between the integer and float
 # variants for callers with constant `y`
 @constprop :aggressive function ^(x::Float64, y::Float64)
-    yint = unsafe_trunc(Int, y) # Note, this is actually safe since julia freezes the result
-    y == yint && return x^yint
-    #numbers greater than 2*inv(eps(T)) must be even, and the pow will overflow
-    y >= 2*inv(eps()) && return x^(typemax(Int64)-1)
     xu = reinterpret(UInt64, x)
-    x<0 && y > -4e18 && throw_exp_domainerror(x) # |y| is small enough that y isn't an integer
-    x === 1.0 && return 1.0
-    x==0 && return abs(y)*Inf*(!(y>0))
+    xu == reinterpret(UInt64, 1.0) && return 1.0
+    # Exponents greater than this will always overflow or underflow.
+    # Note that NaN can pass through this, but that will end up fine.
+    if !(abs(y)<0x1.8p62)
+        isnan(y) && return y
+        y = sign(y)*0x1.8p62
+    end
+    yint = unsafe_trunc(Int64, y) # This is actually safe since julia freezes the result
+    y == yint && return @noinline x^yint
+    2*xu==0 && return abs(y)*Inf*(!(y>0)) # if x==0
+    x<0 && throw_exp_domainerror(x) # |y| is small enough that y isn't an integer
     !isfinite(x) && return x*(y>0 || isnan(x))           # x is inf or NaN
     if xu < (UInt64(1)<<52) # x is subnormal
         xu = reinterpret(UInt64, x * 0x1p52) # normalize x
@@ -1124,18 +1128,23 @@ end
 end
 
 @constprop :aggressive function ^(x::T, y::T) where T <: Union{Float16, Float32}
-    yint = unsafe_trunc(Int64, y) # Note, this is actually safe since julia freezes the result
+    x == 1 && return one(T)
+    # Exponents greater than this will always overflow or underflow.
+    # Note that NaN can pass through this, but that will end up fine.
+    max_exp = T == Float16 ? T(3<<14) : T(0x1.Ap30)
+    if !(abs(y)<max_exp)
+        isnan(y) && return y
+        y = sign(y)*max_exp
+    end
+    yint = unsafe_trunc(Int32, y) # This is actually safe since julia freezes the result
     y == yint && return x^yint
-    #numbers greater than 2*inv(eps(T)) must be even, and the pow will overflow
-    y >= 2*inv(eps(T)) && return x^(typemax(Int64)-1)
-    x < 0 && y > -4e18 && throw_exp_domainerror(x) # |y| is small enough that y isn't an integer
+    x < 0 && throw_exp_domainerror(x)
+    !isfinite(x) && return x*(y>0 || isnan(x))
+    x==0 && return abs(y)*T(Inf)*(!(y>0))
     return pow_body(x, y)
 end
 
 @inline function pow_body(x::T, y::T) where T <: Union{Float16, Float32}
-    x == 1 && return one(T)
-    !isfinite(x) && return x*(y>0 || isnan(x))
-    x==0 && return abs(y)*T(Inf)*(!(y>0))
     return T(exp2(log2(abs(widen(x))) * y))
 end
 

test/math.jl

@@ -1325,8 +1325,12 @@ end
     for T in (Float16, Float32, Float64)
         for x in (0.0, -0.0, 1.0, 10.0, 2.0, Inf, NaN, -Inf, -NaN)
             for y in (0.0, -0.0, 1.0, -3.0,-10.0 , Inf, NaN, -Inf, -NaN)
-                got, expected = T(x)^T(y), T(big(x))^T(y)
-                @test isnan_type(T, got) && isnan_type(T, expected) || (got === expected)
+                got, expected = T(x)^T(y), T(big(x)^T(y))
+                if isnan(expected)
+                    @test isnan_type(T, got) || T.((x,y))
+                else
+                    @test got == expected || T.((x,y))
+                end
             end
         end
         for _ in 1:2^16