numpy-discussion

[Numpy-discussion] savebit questions and errors

[Pete S. <pe...@sh...>]

i'm developing with some Numeric stuff and don't have
a solid grasp on what the 'SAVEBIT' stuff is. it's not
mentioned in the docs at all.

what's also strange is the the numpy testing "test_all.py"
fails in the final sections when testing the savebit 
stuff.

can someone give a quicky description of what this flag
can be used for?

also... i assume someone already knows about the error in
the testing? i ran it on both a MIPS5000 IRIX system and
an x86 win98 system and it errored out consistently on
the test line 506.

RE: [Numpy-discussion] savebit questions and errors

[Paul F. D. <pau...@ho...>]

Setting the "savespace" property encourages Numeric to keep the results of
calculations at smaller precisions.

The error in the test has been fixed by removing the test for now. It
appears the result of the test is platform-dependent. There is a list of
fixed and open bugs on the project page
http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy.

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>
>
> i'm developing with some Numeric stuff and don't have
> a solid grasp on what the 'SAVEBIT' stuff is. it's not
> mentioned in the docs at all.
>
> what's also strange is the the numpy testing "test_all.py"
> fails in the final sections when testing the savebit
> stuff.
>
> can someone give a quicky description of what this flag
> can be used for?
>
> also... i assume someone already knows about the error in
> the testing? i ran it on both a MIPS5000 IRIX system and
> an x86 win98 system and it errored out consistently on
> the test line 506.
>
>
>
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RE: [Numpy-discussion] savebit questions and errors

[John A. T. <tu...@bl...>]

>>>>> "PFD" == Paul F Dubois <pau...@ho...>:

PFD> The error in the test has been fixed by removing the test for now.

That's going in my quotes file - I realize it's legit in this case, but
you have to admit that, esp. out of context, it's pretty funny...

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