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    Improve the approximation of power from current · fa605291
    Owen W. Taylor authored
    P = Integral from Q1 to Q2 of V(Q)dQ
    
    Use:
    
     (V1 + V2)/2 * (Q2 - Q1)
    
    as the trapezoid rule approximation of this instead of:
    
     V2 * Q2 - V1 * Q1
    
    which doesn't have a clear meaning. If V is constant, both are
    the same, but for example, if we had a capacitor with V(Q) = Q/C,
    then the old expression would over-estimate by a factor of 2,
    while the new expression is asymptotically right for small changes.
    
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747370
    fa605291