On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Wayne Werner <waynejwer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, upon inspection it seems that "The math module consists mostly of thin > wrappers around the platform C math library functions" - one would presume > those are accurate, but I don't know to how many places. You might try > writing your own factorial function that works with the decimal type and > compare with the result you get from using the math library. I don't think there is anything wrong with math.factorial(). The problem is that he is using floating-point (limited precision) division. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
