[Pkg] The Trunk: Kernel-nice.1233.mcz

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Nicolas Cellier uploaded a new version of Kernel to project The Trunk:
http://source.squeak.org/trunk/Kernel-nice.1233.mcz

==================== Summary ====================

Name: Kernel-nice.1233
Author: nice
Time: 13 May 2019, 6:32:30.507955 pm
UUID: 8ba1a42b-88c8-1641-8a1a-bea810163ec2
Ancestors: Kernel-nice.1232

Oups fix creeping of sqrt2, it was only for bench purpose.
Sorry for multiple commits.

I rely too much on (alt shift i) to ignore methods, but sometimes I miss one.
It would be cool to have a way to hide the ignored methods before committing.

=============== Diff against Kernel-nice.1232 ===============

Item was removed:
- ----- Method: LargePositiveInteger>>sqrt2 (in category 'mathematical functions') -----
- sqrt2
- 	"Answer the square root of the receiver.
- 	If the square root is exact, answer an Integer, else answer a Float approximation.
- 	Handle some tricky case of Float overflow or inaccuracy"
- 	
- 	| selfAsFloat floatResult integerResult |
- 	selfAsFloat := self asFloat.
- 	floatResult := selfAsFloat sqrt.
- 	floatResult isFinite
- 		ifTrue:
- 			[self mightBeASquare ifFalse: ["we know for sure no exact solution exists,
- 				just answer the cheap float approximation without wasting time."
- 				^floatResult].
- 			"Answer integerResult in case of perfect square"
- 			integerResult := floatResult truncated.
- 			integerResult squared = self ifTrue: [^integerResult]].
- 		
- 	"In this case, maybe it failed because we are such a big integer that the Float method becomes
- 	inexact, even if we are a whole square number. So, try the slower but more general method"
- 	selfAsFloat >= Float maxExactInteger asFloat squared
- 		ifTrue: [
- 			integerResult := self sqrtFloor.
- 			integerResult squared = self ifTrue: [
- 				^integerResult ].
- 			
- 			"Nothing else can be done. No exact answer means answer must be a Float.
- 			Answer the best we have which is the rounded sqrt."
- 			integerResult := (self bitShift: 2) sqrtFloor.
- 			^((integerResult bitShift: -1) + (self bitAnd: 1)) asFloat].
- 
- 	"We need an approximate result"
- 	^floatResult!