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-rw-r--r--libgo/go/math/big/int.go13
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libgo/go/math/big/int.go b/libgo/go/math/big/int.go
index 4bd7958ae504..95c0d58ee979 100644
--- a/libgo/go/math/big/int.go
+++ b/libgo/go/math/big/int.go
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func (x *Int) Format(s fmt.State, ch rune) {
if precisionSet {
switch {
case len(digits) < precision:
- zeroes = precision - len(digits) // count of zero padding
+ zeroes = precision - len(digits) // count of zero padding
case digits == "0" && precision == 0:
return // print nothing if zero value (x == 0) and zero precision ("." or ".0")
}
@@ -561,19 +561,18 @@ func (x *Int) BitLen() int {
return x.abs.bitLen()
}
-// Exp sets z = x**y mod m and returns z. If m is nil, z = x**y.
+// Exp sets z = x**y mod |m| (i.e. the sign of m is ignored), and returns z.
+// If y <= 0, the result is 1; if m == nil or m == 0, z = x**y.
// See Knuth, volume 2, section 4.6.3.
func (z *Int) Exp(x, y, m *Int) *Int {
if y.neg || len(y.abs) == 0 {
- neg := x.neg
- z.SetInt64(1)
- z.neg = neg
- return z
+ return z.SetInt64(1)
}
+ // y > 0
var mWords nat
if m != nil {
- mWords = m.abs
+ mWords = m.abs // m.abs may be nil for m == 0
}
z.abs = z.abs.expNN(x.abs, y.abs, mWords)