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-rw-r--r--src/libcore/num/cmath.rs9
-rw-r--r--src/libcore/num/f32.rs147
-rw-r--r--src/libcore/num/f64.rs132
-rw-r--r--src/libcore/num/float.rs137
-rw-r--r--src/libcore/num/int-template.rs28
-rw-r--r--src/libcore/num/num.rs31
-rw-r--r--src/libstd/num/bigint.rs14
7 files changed, 422 insertions, 76 deletions
diff --git a/src/libcore/num/cmath.rs b/src/libcore/num/cmath.rs
index 8a0a88235d2..a80703fafa3 100644
--- a/src/libcore/num/cmath.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/num/cmath.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ pub mod c_double_utils {
         unsafe fn erf(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         unsafe fn erfc(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         unsafe fn exp(n: c_double) -> c_double;
-        unsafe fn expm1(n: c_double) -> c_double;
+        // rename: for consistency with underscore usage elsewhere
+        #[link_name="expm1"] unsafe fn exp_m1(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         unsafe fn exp2(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         #[link_name="fabs"] unsafe fn abs(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         // rename: for clarity and consistency with add/sub/mul/div
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ pub mod c_double_utils {
         // renamed: "logb" /often/ is confused for log2 by beginners
         #[link_name="logb"] unsafe fn log_radix(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         // renamed: to be consitent with log as ln
-        #[link_name="log1p"] unsafe fn ln1p(n: c_double) -> c_double;
+        #[link_name="log1p"] unsafe fn ln_1p(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         unsafe fn log10(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         unsafe fn log2(n: c_double) -> c_double;
         #[link_name="ilogb"] unsafe fn ilog_radix(n: c_double) -> c_int;
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ pub mod c_float_utils {
         #[link_name="erff"] unsafe fn erf(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="erfcf"] unsafe fn erfc(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="expf"] unsafe fn exp(n: c_float) -> c_float;
-        #[link_name="expm1f"]unsafe fn expm1(n: c_float) -> c_float;
+        #[link_name="expm1f"]unsafe fn exp_m1(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="exp2f"] unsafe fn exp2(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="fabsf"] unsafe fn abs(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="fdimf"]
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ pub mod c_float_utils {
 
         #[link_name="logf"] unsafe fn ln(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="logbf"] unsafe fn log_radix(n: c_float) -> c_float;
-        #[link_name="log1pf"] unsafe fn ln1p(n: c_float) -> c_float;
+        #[link_name="log1pf"] unsafe fn ln_1p(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="log2f"] unsafe fn log2(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="log10f"] unsafe fn log10(n: c_float) -> c_float;
         #[link_name="ilogbf"] unsafe fn ilog_radix(n: c_float) -> c_int;
diff --git a/src/libcore/num/f32.rs b/src/libcore/num/f32.rs
index 7c13f136a80..3c4faa95dd1 100644
--- a/src/libcore/num/f32.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/num/f32.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 //! Operations and constants for `f32`
 
 use num::{Zero, One, strconv};
+use num::{FPCategory, FPNaN, FPInfinite , FPZero, FPSubnormal, FPNormal};
 use prelude::*;
 
 pub use cmath::c_float_targ_consts::*;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ delegate!(
     fn cosh(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::cosh,
     fn erf(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::erf,
     fn erfc(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::erfc,
-    fn expm1(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::expm1,
+    fn exp_m1(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::exp_m1,
     fn abs_sub(a: c_float, b: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::abs_sub,
     fn fmax(a: c_float, b: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::fmax,
     fn fmin(a: c_float, b: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::fmin,
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ delegate!(
     fn ldexp(x: c_float, n: c_int) -> c_float = c_float_utils::ldexp,
     fn lgamma(n: c_float, sign: &mut c_int) -> c_float = c_float_utils::lgamma,
     fn log_radix(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::log_radix,
-    fn ln1p(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::ln1p,
+    fn ln_1p(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::ln_1p,
     fn ilog_radix(n: c_float) -> c_int = c_float_utils::ilog_radix,
     fn modf(n: c_float, iptr: &mut c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::modf,
     fn round(n: c_float) -> c_float = c_float_utils::round,
@@ -195,11 +196,6 @@ pub mod consts {
     pub static ln_10: f32 = 2.30258509299404568401799145468436421_f32;
 }
 
-#[inline(always)]
-pub fn logarithm(n: f32, b: f32) -> f32 {
-    return log2(n) / log2(b);
-}
-
 impl Num for f32 {}
 
 #[cfg(notest)]
@@ -318,6 +314,13 @@ impl Signed for f32 {
     fn abs(&self) -> f32 { abs(*self) }
 
     ///
+    /// The positive difference of two numbers. Returns `0.0` if the number is less than or
+    /// equal to `other`, otherwise the difference between`self` and `other` is returned.
+    ///
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn abs_sub(&self, other: &f32) -> f32 { abs_sub(*self, *other) }
+
+    ///
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// - `1.0` if the number is positive, `+0.0` or `infinity`
@@ -413,21 +416,27 @@ impl Trigonometric for f32 {
 }
 
 impl Exponential for f32 {
+    /// Returns the exponential of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn exp(&self) -> f32 { exp(*self) }
 
+    /// Returns 2 raised to the power of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn exp2(&self) -> f32 { exp2(*self) }
 
+    /// Returns the natural logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn expm1(&self) -> f32 { expm1(*self) }
+    fn ln(&self) -> f32 { ln(*self) }
 
+    /// Returns the logarithm of the number with respect to an arbitrary base
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log(&self) -> f32 { ln(*self) }
+    fn log(&self, base: f32) -> f32 { self.ln() / base.ln() }
 
+    /// Returns the base 2 logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log2(&self) -> f32 { log2(*self) }
 
+    /// Returns the base 10 logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log10(&self) -> f32 { log10(*self) }
 }
@@ -504,13 +513,13 @@ impl Real for f32 {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log10_e() -> f32 { 0.434294481903251827651128918916605082 }
 
-    /// log(2.0)
+    /// ln(2.0)
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log_2() -> f32 { 0.693147180559945309417232121458176568 }
+    fn ln_2() -> f32 { 0.693147180559945309417232121458176568 }
 
-    /// log(10.0)
+    /// ln(10.0)
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log_10() -> f32 { 2.30258509299404568401799145468436421 }
+    fn ln_10() -> f32 { 2.30258509299404568401799145468436421 }
 
     /// Converts to degrees, assuming the number is in radians
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -550,9 +559,49 @@ impl Float for f32 {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn neg_zero() -> f32 { -0.0 }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is NaN
     #[inline(always)]
     fn is_NaN(&self) -> bool { *self != *self }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is infinite
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn is_infinite(&self) -> bool {
+        *self == Float::infinity() || *self == Float::neg_infinity()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is neither infinite or NaN
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn is_finite(&self) -> bool {
+        !(self.is_NaN() || self.is_infinite())
+    }
+
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is neither zero, infinite, subnormal or NaN
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn is_normal(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.classify() {
+            FPNormal => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the floating point category of the number. If only one property is going to
+    /// be tested, it is generally faster to use the specific predicate instead.
+    fn classify(&self) -> FPCategory {
+        static EXP_MASK: u32 = 0x7f800000;
+        static MAN_MASK: u32 = 0x007fffff;
+
+        match (
+            unsafe { ::cast::transmute::<f32,u32>(*self) } & EXP_MASK,
+            unsafe { ::cast::transmute::<f32,u32>(*self) } & MAN_MASK
+        ) {
+            (EXP_MASK, 0)        => FPInfinite,
+            (EXP_MASK, _)        => FPNaN,
+            (exp, _) if exp != 0 => FPNormal,
+            _ if self.is_zero()  => FPZero,
+            _                    => FPSubnormal,
+        }
+    }
+
     #[inline(always)]
     fn mantissa_digits() -> uint { 24 }
 
@@ -574,17 +623,19 @@ impl Float for f32 {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn max_10_exp() -> int { 38 }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if the number is infinite
+    ///
+    /// Returns the exponential of the number, minus `1`, in a way that is accurate
+    /// even if the number is close to zero
+    ///
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn is_infinite(&self) -> bool {
-        *self == Float::infinity() || *self == Float::neg_infinity()
-    }
+    fn exp_m1(&self) -> f32 { exp_m1(*self) }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if the number is finite
+    ///
+    /// Returns the natural logarithm of the number plus `1` (`ln(1+n)`) more accurately
+    /// than if the operations were performed separately
+    ///
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn is_finite(&self) -> bool {
-        !(self.is_NaN() || self.is_infinite())
-    }
+    fn ln_1p(&self) -> f32 { ln_1p(*self) }
 
     ///
     /// Fused multiply-add. Computes `(self * a) + b` with only one rounding error. This
@@ -823,6 +874,7 @@ impl num::FromStrRadix for f32 {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use f32::*;
+    use num::*;
     use super::*;
     use prelude::*;
 
@@ -938,12 +990,12 @@ mod tests {
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::frac_1_sqrt2::<f32>(), 1f32 / 2f32.sqrt());
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::log2_e::<f32>(), Real::e::<f32>().log2());
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::log10_e::<f32>(), Real::e::<f32>().log10());
-        assert_approx_eq!(Real::log_2::<f32>(), 2f32.log());
-        assert_approx_eq!(Real::log_10::<f32>(), 10f32.log());
+        assert_approx_eq!(Real::ln_2::<f32>(), 2f32.ln());
+        assert_approx_eq!(Real::ln_10::<f32>(), 10f32.ln());
     }
 
     #[test]
-    pub fn test_signed() {
+    pub fn test_abs() {
         assert_eq!(infinity.abs(), infinity);
         assert_eq!(1f32.abs(), 1f32);
         assert_eq!(0f32.abs(), 0f32);
@@ -952,7 +1004,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(neg_infinity.abs(), infinity);
         assert_eq!((1f32/neg_infinity).abs(), 0f32);
         assert!(NaN.abs().is_NaN());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_abs_sub() {
+        assert_eq!((-1f32).abs_sub(&1f32), 0f32);
+        assert_eq!(1f32.abs_sub(&1f32), 0f32);
+        assert_eq!(1f32.abs_sub(&0f32), 1f32);
+        assert_eq!(1f32.abs_sub(&-1f32), 2f32);
+        assert_eq!(neg_infinity.abs_sub(&0f32), 0f32);
+        assert_eq!(infinity.abs_sub(&1f32), infinity);
+        assert_eq!(0f32.abs_sub(&neg_infinity), infinity);
+        assert_eq!(0f32.abs_sub(&infinity), 0f32);
+        assert!(NaN.abs_sub(&-1f32).is_NaN());
+        assert!(1f32.abs_sub(&NaN).is_NaN());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_signum() {
         assert_eq!(infinity.signum(), 1f32);
         assert_eq!(1f32.signum(), 1f32);
         assert_eq!(0f32.signum(), 1f32);
@@ -961,7 +1030,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(neg_infinity.signum(), -1f32);
         assert_eq!((1f32/neg_infinity).signum(), -1f32);
         assert!(NaN.signum().is_NaN());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_positive() {
         assert!(infinity.is_positive());
         assert!(1f32.is_positive());
         assert!(0f32.is_positive());
@@ -970,7 +1042,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!neg_infinity.is_positive());
         assert!(!(1f32/neg_infinity).is_positive());
         assert!(!NaN.is_positive());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_negative() {
         assert!(!infinity.is_negative());
         assert!(!1f32.is_negative());
         assert!(!0f32.is_negative());
@@ -995,4 +1070,28 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(Primitive::bits::<f32>(), sys::size_of::<f32>() * 8);
         assert_eq!(Primitive::bytes::<f32>(), sys::size_of::<f32>());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_normal() {
+        assert!(!Float::NaN::<f32>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::infinity::<f32>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::neg_infinity::<f32>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Zero::zero::<f32>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::neg_zero::<f32>().is_normal());
+        assert!(1f32.is_normal());
+        assert!(1e-37f32.is_normal());
+        assert!(!1e-38f32.is_normal());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_classify() {
+        assert_eq!(Float::NaN::<f32>().classify(), FPNaN);
+        assert_eq!(Float::infinity::<f32>().classify(), FPInfinite);
+        assert_eq!(Float::neg_infinity::<f32>().classify(), FPInfinite);
+        assert_eq!(Zero::zero::<f32>().classify(), FPZero);
+        assert_eq!(Float::neg_zero::<f32>().classify(), FPZero);
+        assert_eq!(1f32.classify(), FPNormal);
+        assert_eq!(1e-37f32.classify(), FPNormal);
+        assert_eq!(1e-38f32.classify(), FPSubnormal);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/libcore/num/f64.rs b/src/libcore/num/f64.rs
index e5f10c23ecd..30c101fe8a9 100644
--- a/src/libcore/num/f64.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/num/f64.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 use libc::c_int;
 use num::{Zero, One, strconv};
+use num::{FPCategory, FPNaN, FPInfinite , FPZero, FPSubnormal, FPNormal};
 use prelude::*;
 
 pub use cmath::c_double_targ_consts::*;
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ delegate!(
     fn cosh(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::cosh,
     fn erf(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::erf,
     fn erfc(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::erfc,
-    fn expm1(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::expm1,
+    fn exp_m1(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::exp_m1,
     fn abs_sub(a: c_double, b: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::abs_sub,
     fn fmax(a: c_double, b: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::fmax,
     fn fmin(a: c_double, b: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::fmin,
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ delegate!(
     fn ldexp(x: c_double, n: c_int) -> c_double = c_double_utils::ldexp,
     fn lgamma(n: c_double, sign: &mut c_int) -> c_double = c_double_utils::lgamma,
     fn log_radix(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::log_radix,
-    fn ln1p(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::ln1p,
+    fn ln_1p(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::ln_1p,
     fn ilog_radix(n: c_double) -> c_int = c_double_utils::ilog_radix,
     fn modf(n: c_double, iptr: &mut c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::modf,
     fn round(n: c_double) -> c_double = c_double_utils::round,
@@ -218,11 +219,6 @@ pub mod consts {
     pub static ln_10: f64 = 2.30258509299404568401799145468436421_f64;
 }
 
-#[inline(always)]
-pub fn logarithm(n: f64, b: f64) -> f64 {
-    return log2(n) / log2(b);
-}
-
 impl Num for f64 {}
 
 #[cfg(notest)]
@@ -331,6 +327,13 @@ impl Signed for f64 {
     fn abs(&self) -> f64 { abs(*self) }
 
     ///
+    /// The positive difference of two numbers. Returns `0.0` if the number is less than or
+    /// equal to `other`, otherwise the difference between`self` and `other` is returned.
+    ///
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn abs_sub(&self, other: &f64) -> f64 { abs_sub(*self, *other) }
+
+    ///
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// - `1.0` if the number is positive, `+0.0` or `infinity`
@@ -426,21 +429,27 @@ impl Trigonometric for f64 {
 }
 
 impl Exponential for f64 {
+    /// Returns the exponential of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn exp(&self) -> f64 { exp(*self) }
 
+    /// Returns 2 raised to the power of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn exp2(&self) -> f64 { exp2(*self) }
 
+    /// Returns the natural logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn expm1(&self) -> f64 { expm1(*self) }
+    fn ln(&self) -> f64 { ln(*self) }
 
+    /// Returns the logarithm of the number with respect to an arbitrary base
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log(&self) -> f64 { ln(*self) }
+    fn log(&self, base: f64) -> f64 { self.ln() / base.ln() }
 
+    /// Returns the base 2 logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log2(&self) -> f64 { log2(*self) }
 
+    /// Returns the base 10 logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log10(&self) -> f64 { log10(*self) }
 }
@@ -517,13 +526,13 @@ impl Real for f64 {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log10_e() -> f64 { 0.434294481903251827651128918916605082 }
 
-    /// log(2.0)
+    /// ln(2.0)
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log_2() -> f64 { 0.693147180559945309417232121458176568 }
+    fn ln_2() -> f64 { 0.693147180559945309417232121458176568 }
 
-    /// log(10.0)
+    /// ln(10.0)
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log_10() -> f64 { 2.30258509299404568401799145468436421 }
+    fn ln_10() -> f64 { 2.30258509299404568401799145468436421 }
 
     /// Converts to degrees, assuming the number is in radians
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -593,6 +602,7 @@ impl Float for f64 {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn neg_zero() -> f64 { -0.0 }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is NaN
     #[inline(always)]
     fn is_NaN(&self) -> bool { *self != *self }
 
@@ -602,12 +612,39 @@ impl Float for f64 {
         *self == Float::infinity() || *self == Float::neg_infinity()
     }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if the number is finite
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is neither infinite or NaN
     #[inline(always)]
     fn is_finite(&self) -> bool {
         !(self.is_NaN() || self.is_infinite())
     }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is neither zero, infinite, subnormal or NaN
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn is_normal(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.classify() {
+            FPNormal => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the floating point category of the number. If only one property is going to
+    /// be tested, it is generally faster to use the specific predicate instead.
+    fn classify(&self) -> FPCategory {
+        static EXP_MASK: u64 = 0x7ff0000000000000;
+        static MAN_MASK: u64 = 0x000fffffffffffff;
+
+        match (
+            unsafe { ::cast::transmute::<f64,u64>(*self) } & EXP_MASK,
+            unsafe { ::cast::transmute::<f64,u64>(*self) } & MAN_MASK
+        ) {
+            (EXP_MASK, 0)        => FPInfinite,
+            (EXP_MASK, _)        => FPNaN,
+            (exp, _) if exp != 0 => FPNormal,
+            _ if self.is_zero()  => FPZero,
+            _                    => FPSubnormal,
+        }
+    }
+
     #[inline(always)]
     fn mantissa_digits() -> uint { 53 }
 
@@ -630,6 +667,20 @@ impl Float for f64 {
     fn max_10_exp() -> int { 308 }
 
     ///
+    /// Returns the exponential of the number, minus `1`, in a way that is accurate
+    /// even if the number is close to zero
+    ///
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn exp_m1(&self) -> f64 { exp_m1(*self) }
+
+    ///
+    /// Returns the natural logarithm of the number plus `1` (`ln(1+n)`) more accurately
+    /// than if the operations were performed separately
+    ///
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn ln_1p(&self) -> f64 { ln_1p(*self) }
+
+    ///
     /// Fused multiply-add. Computes `(self * a) + b` with only one rounding error. This
     /// produces a more accurate result with better performance than a separate multiplication
     /// operation followed by an add.
@@ -866,6 +917,7 @@ impl num::FromStrRadix for f64 {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use f64::*;
+    use num::*;
     use super::*;
     use prelude::*;
 
@@ -985,12 +1037,12 @@ mod tests {
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::frac_1_sqrt2::<f64>(), 1f64 / 2f64.sqrt());
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::log2_e::<f64>(), Real::e::<f64>().log2());
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::log10_e::<f64>(), Real::e::<f64>().log10());
-        assert_approx_eq!(Real::log_2::<f64>(), 2f64.log());
-        assert_approx_eq!(Real::log_10::<f64>(), 10f64.log());
+        assert_approx_eq!(Real::ln_2::<f64>(), 2f64.ln());
+        assert_approx_eq!(Real::ln_10::<f64>(), 10f64.ln());
     }
 
     #[test]
-    pub fn test_signed() {
+    pub fn test_abs() {
         assert_eq!(infinity.abs(), infinity);
         assert_eq!(1f64.abs(), 1f64);
         assert_eq!(0f64.abs(), 0f64);
@@ -999,7 +1051,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(neg_infinity.abs(), infinity);
         assert_eq!((1f64/neg_infinity).abs(), 0f64);
         assert!(NaN.abs().is_NaN());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_abs_sub() {
+        assert_eq!((-1f64).abs_sub(&1f64), 0f64);
+        assert_eq!(1f64.abs_sub(&1f64), 0f64);
+        assert_eq!(1f64.abs_sub(&0f64), 1f64);
+        assert_eq!(1f64.abs_sub(&-1f64), 2f64);
+        assert_eq!(neg_infinity.abs_sub(&0f64), 0f64);
+        assert_eq!(infinity.abs_sub(&1f64), infinity);
+        assert_eq!(0f64.abs_sub(&neg_infinity), infinity);
+        assert_eq!(0f64.abs_sub(&infinity), 0f64);
+        assert!(NaN.abs_sub(&-1f64).is_NaN());
+        assert!(1f64.abs_sub(&NaN).is_NaN());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_signum() {
         assert_eq!(infinity.signum(), 1f64);
         assert_eq!(1f64.signum(), 1f64);
         assert_eq!(0f64.signum(), 1f64);
@@ -1008,7 +1077,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(neg_infinity.signum(), -1f64);
         assert_eq!((1f64/neg_infinity).signum(), -1f64);
         assert!(NaN.signum().is_NaN());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_positive() {
         assert!(infinity.is_positive());
         assert!(1f64.is_positive());
         assert!(0f64.is_positive());
@@ -1017,7 +1089,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!neg_infinity.is_positive());
         assert!(!(1f64/neg_infinity).is_positive());
         assert!(!NaN.is_positive());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_negative() {
         assert!(!infinity.is_negative());
         assert!(!1f64.is_negative());
         assert!(!0f64.is_negative());
@@ -1042,4 +1117,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(Primitive::bits::<f64>(), sys::size_of::<f64>() * 8);
         assert_eq!(Primitive::bytes::<f64>(), sys::size_of::<f64>());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_normal() {
+        assert!(!Float::NaN::<f64>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::infinity::<f64>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::neg_infinity::<f64>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Zero::zero::<f64>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::neg_zero::<f64>().is_normal());
+        assert!(1f64.is_normal());
+        assert!(1e-307f64.is_normal());
+        assert!(!1e-308f64.is_normal());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_classify() {
+        assert_eq!(Float::NaN::<f64>().classify(), FPNaN);
+        assert_eq!(Float::infinity::<f64>().classify(), FPInfinite);
+        assert_eq!(Float::neg_infinity::<f64>().classify(), FPInfinite);
+        assert_eq!(Zero::zero::<f64>().classify(), FPZero);
+        assert_eq!(Float::neg_zero::<f64>().classify(), FPZero);
+        assert_eq!(1e-307f64.classify(), FPNormal);
+        assert_eq!(1e-308f64.classify(), FPSubnormal);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/libcore/num/float.rs b/src/libcore/num/float.rs
index a5481653263..9c3d30be0d4 100644
--- a/src/libcore/num/float.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/num/float.rs
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 
 use libc::c_int;
 use num::{Zero, One, strconv};
+use num::FPCategory;
 use prelude::*;
 
 pub use f64::{add, sub, mul, div, rem, lt, le, eq, ne, ge, gt};
-pub use f64::logarithm;
 pub use f64::{acos, asin, atan2, cbrt, ceil, copysign, cosh, floor};
-pub use f64::{erf, erfc, exp, expm1, exp2, abs_sub};
+pub use f64::{erf, erfc, exp, exp_m1, exp2, abs_sub};
 pub use f64::{mul_add, fmax, fmin, next_after, frexp, hypot, ldexp};
-pub use f64::{lgamma, ln, log_radix, ln1p, log10, log2, ilog_radix};
+pub use f64::{lgamma, ln, log_radix, ln_1p, log10, log2, ilog_radix};
 pub use f64::{modf, pow, powi, round, sinh, tanh, tgamma, trunc};
 pub use f64::{j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, yn};
 
@@ -533,31 +533,37 @@ impl Trigonometric for float {
 }
 
 impl Exponential for float {
+    /// Returns the exponential of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn exp(&self) -> float {
         (*self as f64).exp() as float
     }
 
+    /// Returns 2 raised to the power of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn exp2(&self) -> float {
         (*self as f64).exp2() as float
     }
 
+    /// Returns the natural logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn expm1(&self) -> float {
-        (*self as f64).expm1() as float
+    fn ln(&self) -> float {
+        (*self as f64).ln() as float
     }
 
+    /// Returns the logarithm of the number with respect to an arbitrary base
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log(&self) -> float {
-        (*self as f64).log() as float
+    fn log(&self, base: float) -> float {
+        (*self as f64).log(base as f64) as float
     }
 
+    /// Returns the base 2 logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log2(&self) -> float {
         (*self as f64).log2() as float
     }
 
+    /// Returns the base 10 logarithm of the number
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log10(&self) -> float {
         (*self as f64).log10() as float
@@ -642,13 +648,13 @@ impl Real for float {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn log10_e() -> float { 0.434294481903251827651128918916605082 }
 
-    /// log(2.0)
+    /// ln(2.0)
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log_2() -> float { 0.693147180559945309417232121458176568 }
+    fn ln_2() -> float { 0.693147180559945309417232121458176568 }
 
-    /// log(10.0)
+    /// ln(10.0)
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn log_10() -> float { 2.30258509299404568401799145468436421 }
+    fn ln_10() -> float { 2.30258509299404568401799145468436421 }
 
     /// Converts to degrees, assuming the number is in radians
     #[inline(always)]
@@ -730,6 +736,15 @@ impl Signed for float {
     fn abs(&self) -> float { abs(*self) }
 
     ///
+    /// The positive difference of two numbers. Returns `0.0` if the number is less than or
+    /// equal to `other`, otherwise the difference between`self` and `other` is returned.
+    ///
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn abs_sub(&self, other: &float) -> float {
+        (*self as f64).abs_sub(&(*other as f64)) as float
+    }
+
+    ///
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// - `1.0` if the number is positive, `+0.0` or `infinity`
@@ -768,19 +783,37 @@ impl Primitive for float {
 
 impl Float for float {
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn NaN() -> float { 0.0 / 0.0 }
+    fn NaN() -> float { Float::NaN::<f64>() as float }
 
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn infinity() -> float { 1.0 / 0.0 }
+    fn infinity() -> float { Float::infinity::<f64>() as float }
 
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn neg_infinity() -> float { -1.0 / 0.0 }
+    fn neg_infinity() -> float { Float::neg_infinity::<f64>() as float }
 
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn neg_zero() -> float { -0.0 }
+    fn neg_zero() -> float { Float::neg_zero::<f64>() as float }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is NaN
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn is_NaN(&self) -> bool { (*self as f64).is_NaN() }
+
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is infinite
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn is_NaN(&self) -> bool { *self != *self }
+    fn is_infinite(&self) -> bool { (*self as f64).is_infinite() }
+
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is neither infinite or NaN
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn is_finite(&self) -> bool { (*self as f64).is_finite() }
+
+    /// Returns `true` if the number is neither zero, infinite, subnormal or NaN
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn is_normal(&self) -> bool { (*self as f64).is_normal() }
+
+    /// Returns the floating point category of the number. If only one property is going to
+    /// be tested, it is generally faster to use the specific predicate instead.
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn classify(&self) -> FPCategory { (*self as f64).classify() }
 
     #[inline(always)]
     fn mantissa_digits() -> uint { Float::mantissa_digits::<f64>() }
@@ -803,17 +836,21 @@ impl Float for float {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn max_10_exp() -> int { Float::max_10_exp::<f64>() }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if the number is infinite
+    ///
+    /// Returns the exponential of the number, minus `1`, in a way that is accurate
+    /// even if the number is close to zero
+    ///
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn is_infinite(&self) -> bool {
-        *self == Float::infinity() || *self == Float::neg_infinity()
+    fn exp_m1(&self) -> float {
+        (*self as f64).exp_m1() as float
     }
 
-    /// Returns `true` if the number is finite
+    ///
+    /// Returns the natural logarithm of the number plus `1` (`ln(1+n)`) more accurately
+    /// than if the operations were performed separately
+    ///
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn is_finite(&self) -> bool {
-        !(self.is_NaN() || self.is_infinite())
-    }
+    fn ln_1p(&self) -> float { (*self as f64).ln_1p() as float }
 
     ///
     /// Fused multiply-add. Computes `(self * a) + b` with only one rounding error. This
@@ -834,6 +871,7 @@ impl Float for float {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use num::*;
     use super::*;
     use prelude::*;
 
@@ -949,12 +987,12 @@ mod tests {
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::frac_1_sqrt2::<float>(), 1f / 2f.sqrt());
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::log2_e::<float>(), Real::e::<float>().log2());
         assert_approx_eq!(Real::log10_e::<float>(), Real::e::<float>().log10());
-        assert_approx_eq!(Real::log_2::<float>(), 2f.log());
-        assert_approx_eq!(Real::log_10::<float>(), 10f.log());
+        assert_approx_eq!(Real::ln_2::<float>(), 2f.ln());
+        assert_approx_eq!(Real::ln_10::<float>(), 10f.ln());
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_signed() {
+    fn test_abs() {
         assert_eq!(infinity.abs(), infinity);
         assert_eq!(1f.abs(), 1f);
         assert_eq!(0f.abs(), 0f);
@@ -963,7 +1001,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(neg_infinity.abs(), infinity);
         assert_eq!((1f/neg_infinity).abs(), 0f);
         assert!(NaN.abs().is_NaN());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_abs_sub() {
+        assert_eq!((-1f).abs_sub(&1f), 0f);
+        assert_eq!(1f.abs_sub(&1f), 0f);
+        assert_eq!(1f.abs_sub(&0f), 1f);
+        assert_eq!(1f.abs_sub(&-1f), 2f);
+        assert_eq!(neg_infinity.abs_sub(&0f), 0f);
+        assert_eq!(infinity.abs_sub(&1f), infinity);
+        assert_eq!(0f.abs_sub(&neg_infinity), infinity);
+        assert_eq!(0f.abs_sub(&infinity), 0f);
+        assert!(NaN.abs_sub(&-1f).is_NaN());
+        assert!(1f.abs_sub(&NaN).is_NaN());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_signum() {
         assert_eq!(infinity.signum(), 1f);
         assert_eq!(1f.signum(), 1f);
         assert_eq!(0f.signum(), 1f);
@@ -972,7 +1027,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(neg_infinity.signum(), -1f);
         assert_eq!((1f/neg_infinity).signum(), -1f);
         assert!(NaN.signum().is_NaN());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_positive() {
         assert!(infinity.is_positive());
         assert!(1f.is_positive());
         assert!(0f.is_positive());
@@ -981,7 +1039,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!neg_infinity.is_positive());
         assert!(!(1f/neg_infinity).is_positive());
         assert!(!NaN.is_positive());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_negative() {
         assert!(!infinity.is_negative());
         assert!(!1f.is_negative());
         assert!(!0f.is_negative());
@@ -1008,6 +1069,30 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    fn test_is_normal() {
+        assert!(!Float::NaN::<float>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::infinity::<float>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::neg_infinity::<float>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Zero::zero::<float>().is_normal());
+        assert!(!Float::neg_zero::<float>().is_normal());
+        assert!(1f.is_normal());
+        assert!(1e-307f.is_normal());
+        assert!(!1e-308f.is_normal());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_classify() {
+        assert_eq!(Float::NaN::<float>().classify(), FPNaN);
+        assert_eq!(Float::infinity::<float>().classify(), FPInfinite);
+        assert_eq!(Float::neg_infinity::<float>().classify(), FPInfinite);
+        assert_eq!(Zero::zero::<float>().classify(), FPZero);
+        assert_eq!(Float::neg_zero::<float>().classify(), FPZero);
+        assert_eq!(1f.classify(), FPNormal);
+        assert_eq!(1e-307f.classify(), FPNormal);
+        assert_eq!(1e-308f.classify(), FPSubnormal);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
     pub fn test_to_str_exact_do_decimal() {
         let s = to_str_exact(5.0, 4u);
         assert_eq!(s, ~"5.0000");
diff --git a/src/libcore/num/int-template.rs b/src/libcore/num/int-template.rs
index 95c187a7be2..06a9a0b4562 100644
--- a/src/libcore/num/int-template.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/num/int-template.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@ impl Signed for T {
     }
 
     ///
+    /// The positive difference of two numbers. Returns `0` if the number is less than or
+    /// equal to `other`, otherwise the difference between`self` and `other` is returned.
+    ///
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn abs_sub(&self, other: &T) -> T {
+        if *self <= *other { 0 } else { *self - *other }
+    }
+
+    ///
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// - `0` if the number is zero
@@ -554,21 +563,38 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    pub fn test_signed() {
+    pub fn test_abs() {
         assert_eq!((1 as T).abs(), 1 as T);
         assert_eq!((0 as T).abs(), 0 as T);
         assert_eq!((-1 as T).abs(), 1 as T);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_abs_sub() {
+        assert_eq!((-1 as T).abs_sub(&(1 as T)), 0 as T);
+        assert_eq!((1 as T).abs_sub(&(1 as T)), 0 as T);
+        assert_eq!((1 as T).abs_sub(&(0 as T)), 1 as T);
+        assert_eq!((1 as T).abs_sub(&(-1 as T)), 2 as T);
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_signum() {
         assert_eq!((1 as T).signum(), 1 as T);
         assert_eq!((0 as T).signum(), 0 as T);
         assert_eq!((-0 as T).signum(), 0 as T);
         assert_eq!((-1 as T).signum(), -1 as T);
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_positive() {
         assert!((1 as T).is_positive());
         assert!(!(0 as T).is_positive());
         assert!(!(-0 as T).is_positive());
         assert!(!(-1 as T).is_positive());
+    }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_negative() {
         assert!(!(1 as T).is_negative());
         assert!(!(0 as T).is_negative());
         assert!(!(-0 as T).is_negative());
diff --git a/src/libcore/num/num.rs b/src/libcore/num/num.rs
index caa14ea802f..50ba55039d4 100644
--- a/src/libcore/num/num.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/num/num.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ pub trait One {
 pub trait Signed: Num
                 + Neg<Self> {
     fn abs(&self) -> Self;
+    fn abs_sub(&self, other: &Self) -> Self;
     fn signum(&self) -> Self;
+
     fn is_positive(&self) -> bool;
     fn is_negative(&self) -> bool;
 }
@@ -121,8 +123,8 @@ pub trait Trigonometric {
 pub trait Exponential {
     fn exp(&self) -> Self;
     fn exp2(&self) -> Self;
-    fn expm1(&self) -> Self;
-    fn log(&self) -> Self;
+    fn ln(&self) -> Self;
+    fn log(&self, base: Self) -> Self;
     fn log2(&self) -> Self;
     fn log10(&self) -> Self;
 }
@@ -158,8 +160,8 @@ pub trait Real: Signed
     fn e() -> Self;
     fn log2_e() -> Self;
     fn log10_e() -> Self;
-    fn log_2() -> Self;
-    fn log_10() -> Self;
+    fn ln_2() -> Self;
+    fn ln_10() -> Self;
 
     // Angular conversions
     fn to_degrees(&self) -> Self;
@@ -236,6 +238,23 @@ pub trait Int: Integer
              + BitCount {}
 
 ///
+/// Used for representing the classification of floating point numbers
+///
+#[deriving(Eq)]
+pub enum FPCategory {
+    /// "Not a Number", often obtained by dividing by zero
+    FPNaN,
+    /// Positive or negative infinity
+    FPInfinite ,
+    /// Positive or negative zero
+    FPZero,
+    /// De-normalized floating point representation (less precise than `FPNormal`)
+    FPSubnormal,
+    /// A regular floating point number
+    FPNormal,
+}
+
+///
 /// Primitive floating point numbers
 ///
 pub trait Float: Real
@@ -251,6 +270,8 @@ pub trait Float: Real
     fn is_NaN(&self) -> bool;
     fn is_infinite(&self) -> bool;
     fn is_finite(&self) -> bool;
+    fn is_normal(&self) -> bool;
+    fn classify(&self) -> FPCategory;
 
     fn mantissa_digits() -> uint;
     fn digits() -> uint;
@@ -260,6 +281,8 @@ pub trait Float: Real
     fn min_10_exp() -> int;
     fn max_10_exp() -> int;
 
+    fn exp_m1(&self) -> Self;
+    fn ln_1p(&self) -> Self;
     fn mul_add(&self, a: Self, b: Self) -> Self;
     fn next_after(&self, other: Self) -> Self;
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/num/bigint.rs b/src/libstd/num/bigint.rs
index cd347098e25..a5cf929ed93 100644
--- a/src/libstd/num/bigint.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/num/bigint.rs
@@ -832,6 +832,11 @@ impl Signed for BigInt {
     }
 
     #[inline(always)]
+    fn abs_sub(&self, other: &BigInt) -> BigInt {
+        if *self <= *other { Zero::zero() } else { *self - *other }
+    }
+
+    #[inline(always)]
     fn signum(&self) -> BigInt {
         match self.sign {
             Plus  => BigInt::from_biguint(Plus, One::one()),
@@ -1921,6 +1926,15 @@ mod bigint_tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    fn test_abs_sub() {
+        assert_eq!((-One::one::<BigInt>()).abs_sub(&One::one()), Zero::zero());
+        assert_eq!(One::one::<BigInt>().abs_sub(&One::one()), Zero::zero());
+        assert_eq!(One::one::<BigInt>().abs_sub(&Zero::zero()), One::one());
+        assert_eq!(One::one::<BigInt>().abs_sub(&-One::one::<BigInt>()),
+                   IntConvertible::from_int(2));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
     fn test_to_str_radix() {
         fn check(n: int, ans: &str) {
             assert!(ans == IntConvertible::from_int::<BigInt>(n).to_str_radix(10));