Olaf Flebbe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The comment for fast_log is IMHO incorrect.
> 
> /**
> * This function is about 3 times faster than the system log() function
> * and has an error of about 0.01%
> */
> 
> The relative error can be larger than 7% it is almost nowhere about
> 0.01% when used in the range [ 0.5 - 1[. Try yourself:
>
This was information that I picked up when searching for those 
functions. Even 7% can be satisfactory in some circumstances, but one 
needs to know the error.

I'm getting more and more convinced to just remove these functions and 
use the standard C ones instead.

Erik

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