BTW, here is the relevant explanation from mathmodule.c:
/* ANSI C generally requires libm functions to set ERANGE
* on overflow, but also generally *allows* them to set
* ERANGE on underflow too. There's no consistency about
* the latter across platforms.
* Alas, C99 never requires that errno be set.
* Here we suppress the underflow errors (libm functions
* should return a zero on underflow, and +- HUGE_VAL on
* overflow, so testing the result for zero suffices to
* distinguish the cases).
*/
On 6/12/06, Sasha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know about numarray, but the difference between Numeric and
> python math module stems from the fact that the math module ignores
> errno set by C library and only checks for infinity. Numeric relies
> on errno exclusively, numpy ignores errors by default:
>
> >>> import numpy,math,Numeric
> >>> numpy.exp(-760)
> 0.0
> >>> math.exp(-760)
> 0.0
> >>> Numeric.exp(-760)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> OverflowError: math range error
> >>> numpy.exp(760)
> inf
> >>> math.exp(760)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> OverflowError: math range error
> >>> Numeric.exp(760)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> OverflowError: math range error
>
> I would say it's a bug in Numeric, so you are out of luck.
>
> Unfortunalely, even MA.exp(-760) does not work, but this is easy to fix:
>
> >>> exp =
> >>> MA.masked_unary_operation(Numeric.exp,0.0,MA.domain_check_interval(-100,100))
> >>> exp(-760).filled()
> 0
>
> You would need to replace -100,100 with the bounds appropriate for your
> system.
>
>
>
>
> On 6/12/06, Sebastian Haase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm using Konrad Hinsen's LeastSquares.leastSquaresFit for a convenient way
> > to
> > do a non linear minimization. It uses the "old" Numeric module.
> > But since I upgraded to Numeric 24.2 I get OverflowErrors that I tracked
> > down
> > to
> > >>> Numeric.exp(-760.)
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "<input>", line 1, in ?
> > OverflowError: math range error
> >
> > >From numarray I'm used to getting this:
> > >>> na.exp(-760)
> > 0.0
> >
> > Mostly I'm confused because my code worked before I upgraded to version
> > 24.2.
> >
> > Thanks for any hints on how I could revive my code...
> > -Sebastian Haase
> >
> >
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