On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote:
> In this case I disagree. The math module mostly wraps the C math library > and the bar should remain high for things to be added to it. Let this be > someone's opportunity to learn C (I guess not Chris's :-). > As it happens, the first C code I ever wrote, beyond toy examples, was python extensions. I dropped that for Cython a good while ago, but I can remember enough for this simple function ;-) I agree that it's not worth going to python for the math module for just this -- but others were proposing other reasons to do it. Back to look at K&R ;-) -Chris > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 3:14 PM Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: >>> >>>> On 03/03/2015 01:17 AM, Victor Stinner wrote: >>>> >>> >>> >>>> > Maybe it's time to rename the math module to _math and create a >>>> > math.py module, like _decimal/decimal? math.py should end with "from >>>> > _math import *". >>>> >>>> +1 >>>> >>> >>> What do folks think? If we're going to do this, I'll write isclose() in >>> python. And I could do the work to split it out, too, I suppose. >>> >> >> My vote -- as always -- is to do it in Python. If someone is sufficiently >> motivated to re-implement in C then that's great, but I don't think it >> should be required to be in C. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list >> Python-Dev@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >> Unsubscribe: >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org >> >> > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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