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Re: Current implementation of exp() is faulty.

• Posted by Jeremy Cowgar <jeremy at cowg?r?com> May 08, 2008
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CChris wrote:
> 
> 
> I don't understand either of the two tests. Why rounding the returned value?
> Using atom_to_float64() and the parser built in the interpreter is much
> better.
> Don't compare strings, so that you avoid more false negatives. This had
> already
> hit you about deg2rad iirc.
> The arguments you used (2 and 2.3) are in the range where power(x,E) returns
> the proper value. Try x=10 without rounding.
> 

From the deg2rad discussion, it was suggested that I not use atom_to_float64,
 and when I tried to, I got figures slightly off. It couldn't make it match any
 way I did it except by placing it into a string, however, what I placed into the
 string was the same result I was getting from Python. Thus, I think they are
 right, or python is wrong too.

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