Re: [Numpy-discussion] Numeric precision

[Bruce S. <bso...@gm...>]

Hi,
The unaddressed problem is how the user will see the result. This type of
thing leads type mismatches especially when doing array indexing. In that
case it is a really bad thing to do. But in terms of mathematical
computations it is usually a given that the highest possible precision is
used when possible.

Regards
Bruce



On 10/10/05, Stephen Walton <ste...@cs...> wrote:
>
> Over on the scipy-dev mailing list, Travis Oliphant raised a question
> which is of interest to the folks over here as well. To summarize very
> briefly, Travis wondered whether the rule of "safest conversion" might
> require that an integer to float computation conversion on a 64-bit
> platform would require promotion of, for example, sqrt(2) to a long
> double (128 bits). I suggested that it would make the most sense for an
> M-bit integer to be converted to an N-bit real, where N>=3DM, on all
> platforms. For example, sqrt(2) would become a 32-bit real if 2 was a
> 32-bit integer on the plaform.
>
> I am not sure if this is a change from current Numeric and numarray
> practice, but wanted to give a heads-up over here. You can read the
> entire original thread beginning at
>
>
> http://www.scipy.org/mailinglists/mailman?fn=3Dscipy-dev/2005-October/003=
403.html
>
>
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