[sympy] Re: fastlog name

2009-07-09 Thread smichr
On Jul 9, 12:18 am, Fredrik Johansson wrote: > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM, smichr wrote: > > > On Jul 8, 10:23 pm, Ondrej Certik wrote: > > >> Ah, yes, I think it should be called fastlog2. Fredrik, what do you think? > > > And someone who has used this should probably comment on the need

[sympy] Re: fastlog name

2009-07-08 Thread Fredrik Johansson
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM, smichr wrote: > > > > On Jul 8, 10:23 pm, Ondrej Certik wrote: > >> Ah, yes, I think it should be called fastlog2. Fredrik, what do you think? >> > And someone who has used this should probably comment on the need to > have the sign ignored: the fastlog for both 16

[sympy] Re: fastlog name

2009-07-08 Thread smichr
On Jul 8, 10:23 pm, Ondrej Certik wrote: > Ah, yes, I think it should be called fastlog2. Fredrik, what do you think? > And someone who has used this should probably comment on the need to have the sign ignored: the fastlog for both 16 and -16 would be 4 as it is written now. *Should* the sign

[sympy] Re: fastlog name

2009-07-08 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:13 AM, smichr wrote: > > > > On Jul 7, 10:38 am, Ondrej Certik wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:52 PM, smichr wrote: >> >> > I noticed that fastlog in evalf computes an approximation to log2(x). >> > Is there any reason not to call it  fastlog2? >> >> Could you please

[sympy] Re: fastlog name

2009-07-08 Thread smichr
On Jul 7, 10:38 am, Ondrej Certik wrote: > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:52 PM, smichr wrote: > > > I noticed that fastlog in evalf computes an approximation to log2(x). > > Is there any reason not to call it fastlog2? > > Could you please be more specific? Which commands do you mean exactly? > Ma

[sympy] Re: fastlog name

2009-07-06 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 6:52 PM, smichr wrote: > > I noticed that fastlog in evalf computes an approximation to log2(x). > Is there any reason not to call it  fastlog2? Could you please be more specific? Which commands do you mean exactly? Ondrej --~--~-~--~~~---~--~-