Ted Horst wrote: > On Mac OS X tiger (10.4) ppc, long double has increased precision but > the same range as double (it really is 128 bits not 80, btw), so > e**1000 is inf, so this is not really an error. > >
Thanks for the clarification. Long-double is not standard across platforms with different platforms choosing to do different things with the extra bytes. This helps explain one more platform. > I'm not sure what is the right thing to do in the test, check for > overflow? Also, finfo has never worked properly for this type. > In machar.py is the code that runs to detect all of the parameters. I think the code should be moved to C as detecting precision on a long-double takes too long. The overflow check is a good idea. The test should probably check for overflow and not try to run if it's detected. -Travis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
