On Sun, Mar 18, 2007, Mark Dickinson wrote: > > I'm wondering whether anyone would be interested in a rewrite of the > cmath module. In theory, yes, but my observations of past discussions have been that they tend to founder on the issues of cross-platform support and long-term code maintenance. > I have a drop-in replacement written in pure Python, > based largely on the formulas given by Kahan in his `Much Ado about > Nothing's Sign Bit' article, which I believe eliminates the vast > majority of the current numerical problems. If nothing else, if you are willing to support this code, *PLEASE* upload it to the Cheese Shop. Public interest in such code makes it easier to sell back to the core. BTW, I noticed that your post was held for moderation, probably because you aren't subscribed to python-dev. If you want to participate in this discussion, subscribing makes that much easier. -- Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Typing is cheap. Thinking is expensive." --Roy Smith
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