approx_math.h

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#ifndef SWIFT_APPROX_MATH_H
#define SWIFT_APPROX_MATH_H

/**
 * @brief Approximate version of expf(x) using a 4th order Taylor expansion
 *
 * The absolute error is of order 10^-6 for -0.2 < x < 0.2.
 *
 * @param x The number to take the exponential of.
 */
__attribute__((always_inline)) INLINE static float approx_expf(float x) {
  return 1.f + x * (1.f + x * (0.5f + x * (1.f / 6.0f + 1.f / 24.0f * x)));
}

#endif /* SWIFT_APPROX_MATH_H */