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Author	skip.montanaro
Recipients	mark.dickinson, skip.montanaro
Date	2008-12-03.21:13:36
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In-reply-to	<1228338479.18.0.72397315687.issue4506@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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Mark> I think you brought up the math and cmath errors before, and I Mark> never managed to get to the bottom of the problem. I'll have Mark> another go. I vaguely remember something about that. If I can be a "test mule" for you, let me know. Mark> Could you please tell me what Mark> cmath.exp(complex(710.0, 1.5)) Mark> actually returns, if it doesn't raise OverflowError? (1.5802653829857376e+307+inf*j) Maybe it needs to overflow along both axes??? S

Mark> I think you brought up the math and cmath errors before, and I
    Mark> never managed to get to the bottom of the problem.  I'll have
    Mark> another go.

I vaguely remember something about that.  If I can be a "test mule" for you,
let me know.

    Mark> Could you please tell me what

    Mark> cmath.exp(complex(710.0, 1.5))

    Mark> actually returns, if it doesn't raise OverflowError?

(1.5802653829857376e+307+inf*j)

Maybe it needs to overflow along both axes???

S

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-12-03 21:13:37	skip.montanaro	set	recipients: + skip.montanaro, mark.dickinson
2008-12-03 21:13:36	skip.montanaro	link	issue4506 messages
2008-12-03 21:13:36	skip.montanaro	create