--- a/src/ChangeLog	Tue Mar 14 05:21:54 2006 +0000
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Tue Mar 14 19:13:41 2006 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2006-03-14  Bill Denney  <bill@givebillmoney.com>
+
+         * load-save.cc (Fload, Fsave): Update docstring for functional form.
+
+2006-03-14  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* xpow.cc (elem_xpow): Undo previous change.
+
 2006-03-14  Paul Kienzle  <pkienzle@users.sf.net>
 
 	* xpow.cc: New tests.

--- a/src/load-save.cc	Tue Mar 14 05:21:54 2006 +0000
+++ b/src/load-save.cc	Tue Mar 14 19:13:41 2006 +0000
@@ -600,6 +600,16 @@
 load data\n\
 @end example\n\
 \n\
+If load is invoked using the functional form\n\
+\n\
+@example\n\
+load (\"-text\", \"file.txt\", \"a\")\n\
+@end example\n\
+\n\
+@noindent\n\
+then the @var{options}, @var{file}, and variable name arguments\n\
+(@var{v1}, @dots{}) must be specified as character strings.\n\
+\n\
 If a variable that is not marked as global is loaded from a file when a\n\
 global symbol with the same name already exists, it is loaded in the\n\
 global symbol table.  Also, if a variable is marked as global in a file\n\
@@ -1447,7 +1457,7 @@
 
 DEFCMD (save, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
-@deffn {Command} save options file v1 v2 @dots{}\n\
+@deffn {Command} save options file @var{v1} @var{v2} @dots{}\n\
 Save the named variables @var{v1}, @var{v2}, @dots{} in the file\n\
 @var{file}.  The special filename @samp{-} can be used to write the\n\
 output to your terminal.  If no variable names are listed, Octave saves\n\
@@ -1456,6 +1466,16 @@
 modify the output format override the format specified by the built-in\n\
 variable @code{default_save_options}.\n\
 \n\
+If save is invoked using the functional form\n\
+\n\
+@example\n\
+save (\"-text\", \"file.txt\", \"a\")\n\
+@end example\n\
+\n\
+@noindent\n\
+then the @var{options}, @var{file}, and variable name arguments\n\
+(@var{vname1}, @dots{}) must be specified as character strings.\n\
+\n\
 @table @code\n\
 @item -ascii\n\
 Save the data in Octave's text data format.\n\

--- a/src/xpow.cc	Tue Mar 14 05:21:54 2006 +0000
+++ b/src/xpow.cc	Tue Mar 14 19:13:41 2006 +0000
@@ -569,15 +569,11 @@
       for (octave_idx_type j = 0; j < nc; j++)
 	for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nr; i++)
 	  {
-	    OCTAVE_QUIT;
-	    double ax = a (i, j);
-	    if (ax < 0.0)
-	      {
-		Complex atmp (ax);
-		result (i, j) = std::pow (atmp, b);
-	      }
-	    else
-	      result (i, j) = std::pow (ax, b);
+	    OCTAVE_QUIT; 
+      
+	    Complex atmp (a (i, j));
+
+	    result (i, j) = std::pow (atmp, b);
 	  }
 
       retval = result;
@@ -641,16 +637,9 @@
 	for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nr; i++)
 	  {
 	    OCTAVE_QUIT;
-	    double ax = a (i, j);
-	    double bx = b (i, j);
-	    if (ax < 0.0 && static_cast<int> (bx) != bx)
-	      {
-		Complex atmp (ax);
-		Complex btmp (bx);
-		complex_result (i, j) = std::pow (atmp, btmp);
-	      }
-	    else
-	      complex_result (i, j) = std::pow (ax, bx);
+	    Complex atmp (a (i, j));
+	    Complex btmp (b (i, j));
+	    complex_result (i, j) = std::pow (atmp, btmp);
 	  }
 
       retval = complex_result;
@@ -964,14 +953,10 @@
       for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < a.length (); i++)
 	{
 	  OCTAVE_QUIT;
-	  double ax = a (i);
-	  if (ax < 0.0)
-	    {
-	      Complex atmp (ax);
-	      result(i) = std::pow (atmp, b);
-	    }
-	  else
-	    result(i) = std::pow (ax, b);
+
+	  Complex atmp (a (i));
+
+	  result(i) = std::pow (atmp, b);
 	}
 
       retval = result;
@@ -1032,16 +1017,9 @@
       for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < len; i++)
 	{
 	  OCTAVE_QUIT;
-	  double ax = a(i);
-	  double bx = b(i);
-	  if (ax < 0.0 && static_cast<int> (bx) != bx)
-	    {
-	      Complex atmp (ax);
-	      Complex btmp (bx);
-	      complex_result(i) = std::pow (atmp, btmp);
-	    }
-	  else
-	    complex_result(i) = std::pow (ax, bx);
+	  Complex atmp (a(i));
+	  Complex btmp (b(i));
+	  complex_result(i) = std::pow (atmp, btmp);
 	}
 
       retval = complex_result;