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diff --git a/math/e_exp10f.c b/math/e_exp10f.c
index 7b94005..582824f 100644
--- a/math/e_exp10f.c
+++ b/math/e_exp10f.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1998.
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
float
__ieee754_exp10f (float arg)
{
- /* This is a very stupid and inprecise implementation. It'll get
- replaced sometime (soon?). */
- return __ieee754_expf (M_LN10 * arg);
+ /* The argument to exp needs to be calculated in enough precision
+ that the fractional part has as much precision as float, in
+ addition to the bits in the integer part; using double ensures
+ this. */
+ return __ieee754_exp (M_LN10 * arg);
}
strong_alias (__ieee754_exp10f, __exp10f_finite)