#! /usr/bin/env python3.2
import numpy
for t in (numpy.float16, numpy.float32, numpy.float64, numpy.float128):
two = t(2)
print(t, two, two ** two, numpy.power(two, two))
"""
I use up-to-date debian testing (wheezy), amd64 architecture. The python
package is python3, version 3.2.3~rc1-2. The numpy package is
python3-numpy,
version 1:1.6.2~rc1-1.
"**" has problems for float16:
<class 'numpy.float16'> 2.0 1.1921e-07 4.0
<class 'numpy.float32'> 2.0 4.0 4.0
<class 'numpy.float64'> 2.0 4.0 4.0
<class 'numpy.float128'> 2.0 4.0 4.0
"""
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