Le 23/02/2012 12:40, Francesc Alted a écrit : >> However, I was surprised that float128 is not mentioned in the array of >> > available types in the user guide. >> > http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/user/basics.types.html >> > Is there a specific reason for this absence, or is just about visiting >> > the documentation wiki ;-) ? > The reason is most probably that you cannot get a float96 or float128 > whenever you want (depends on your architecture), so adding these types to > the manual could be misleading. However, I'd advocate to document them while > warning about platform portability issues >> Does the following statements mean that those types are not available on >> > all platforms ? >> > float96 96 bits, platform? >> > float128 128 bits, platform? > Exactly. I'd update this to read: > > float96 96 bits. Only available on 32-bit (i386) platforms. > float128 128 bits. Only available on 64-bit (AMD64) platforms. > Thanks for the enlightenment ! I was not aware of this 96 bits <-> 128 bits relationship. -- Pierre
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