Jean Brouwers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: For comparison, 64-bit -xO5 Python build:
Python 2.6b1 (r26b1:64398, Jun 28 2008, 12:50:06) [C] on sunos5 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import cmath >>> cmath.exp(710.0 + 1.5j) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> OverflowError: math range error >>> cmath.log(100,2) (0.71244151439608006-2.0556716794852954j) >>> cmath.log(complex(100,0), complex(2,0)) (0.71244151439608006-2.0556716794852954j) 64-bit -xO0 Python build: Python 2.6b1 (r26b1:64398, Jun 28 2008, 11:02:57) [C] on sunos5 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import cmath >>> cmath.exp(710.0 + 1.5j) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> OverflowError: math range error >>> cmath.log(100,2) (6.6438561897747253+0j) >>> cmath.log(complex(100,0), complex(2,0)) (6.6438561897747253+0j) _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3167> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com