You should always have success by unfolding powr_def. And I’m told that the 
necessary changes to “approximation” are not difficult.

Larry

> On 12 Apr 2015, at 12:26, Manuel Eberl <ebe...@in.tum.de> wrote:
> 
> I am not terribly happy about that. I use approximation of powr in my work on 
> Akra–Bazzi and the Master theorem.
> 
> I take it that a powr b = exp (ln a * b) still holds for positive a. I could 
> probably apply that rewrite rule before applying approximation, but it would 
> of course be nice if I did not have to.
> 
> The issue is, however, not terribly urgent since my project is still several 
> weeks from being finished, and I only need approximation for a small part 
> that is independent from everything else.
> 
> Manuel
> 
> Larry Paulson <l...@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>>> * Complex powers and square roots. The functions "ln" and "powr" are now
>>> overloaded for types real and complex, and 0 powr y = 0 by definition.
>>> INCOMPATIBILITY: type constraints may be necessary.
>> 
>> But I had to remove support for powr in code generation and the 
>> approximation method. If anybody thinks these are priorities for 
>> restoration, I guess we only have a few days. The problem with code 
>> generation has something to do with types.
>> 
>> Larry
>> 
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