On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Mark Dickinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> There's one other major difference between the C99 notation and the >> current patch: the C99 notation includes a (hexa)decimal point. The >> advantages of this include: >> >> - the exponent gives a rough idea of the magnitude of the number, and >> - the exponent doesn't vary with changes to the least significant bits >> of the float. > > Is everyone agreed on a tohex/fromhex pair using the C99 notation as > recommended in 754R?
Dunno about everyone, but I'm +1 on that. > Are you thinking of math module functions or as a method and classmethod on > floats? I'd prefer math modules functions. Alex _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
