STINNER Victor added the comment: > math.e**500 = math.exp(math.log(math.e)*500)
That's the theory if numbers have an infinite precision. In practice, intermediate results are rounded and have a limited precision. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12345> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com