Message72389
| Author | mark.dickinson |
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| Recipients | mark.dickinson, segfaulthunter |
| Date | 2008-09-03.16:07:59 |
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| Message-id | <1220458080.91.0.727690742719.issue3724@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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I can't really see a compelling reason to make this change---it seems like an unnecessary complication to add to what's currently a simple function. Someone who really needs the accuracy can just use log10. Perhaps a note in the documentation for log suggesting this would be useful. I guess this solution seems insufficiently general: why 'fix' log(x, 10) but not log(x, 2), for example? OTOH, a two-argument log that was guaranteed correctly rounded (or accurate to within 1ulp) for *all* bases would certainly be of interest! But that's a fairly major project... |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2008-09-03 16:08:01 | mark.dickinson | set | recipients: + mark.dickinson, segfaulthunter |
| 2008-09-03 16:08:00 | mark.dickinson | set | messageid: <1220458080.91.0.727690742719.issue3724@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
| 2008-09-03 16:08:00 | mark.dickinson | link | issue3724 messages |
| 2008-09-03 16:07:59 | mark.dickinson | create | |