From 2d988b982c5e31407ac31ca74b0761aad8747483 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Goodger Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:20:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] applied patch from Gregory Warnes --- pep-0754.txt | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-0754.txt b/pep-0754.txt index 36279def3..6680743a0 100644 --- a/pep-0754.txt +++ b/pep-0754.txt @@ -158,10 +158,12 @@ The reference implementation is provided in the module "fpconst" [1]_, which is written in pure Python by taking advantage of the "struct" standard module to directly set or test for the bit patterns that define IEEE 754 special values. Care has been taken to generate -proper results on both big-endian and little-endian machines. +proper results on both big-endian and little-endian machines. The +current implementation is pure Python, but some efficiency could be +gained by translating the core routines into C. -The current implementation is pure Python, but some efficiency could -be gained by translating the core routines into C. +Patch 1151323 "New fpconst module" [2]_ on SourceForge adds the +fpconst module to the Python standard library. References @@ -171,7 +173,10 @@ See http://babbage.cs.qc.edu/courses/cs341/IEEE-754references.html for reference material on the IEEE 754 floating point standard. .. [1] Further information on the reference package is available at - http://research.warnes.net/projects/rzope/fpconst/ + http://research.warnes.net/projects/rzope/fpconst/ + +.. [2] http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1151323&group_id=5470&atid=305470 + Copyright