Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: > Before applying, consider adding back the part of the docs with the '1 + > floor(...' definition.
My only (minor) objection to this definition is that a straight Python translation of it doesn't work, thanks to roundoff error and the limited precision of floating-point: >>> from math import floor, log >>> n = 2**101 >>> n.bit_length() 102 >>> 1 + floor(log(n)/log(2)) 101.0 >>> n = 2**80-1 >>> n.bit_length() 80 >>> 1 + floor(log(n)/log(2)) 81.0 But as you say, it provides another perspective; I'm fine with putting it back in. _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3439> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
