Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Mark, changing API is something to avoid after beta cycles begin (so, e.g., it's late in the game to /add/ a new API, like a new method for complex summation). But there's no particular reason to fear changing implementation for an API that's already in. If the test suite supplies good coverage, the buildbots will catch significant portability snafus in plenty of time for the next release.
The big attraction to the lsum-like approach for users is that it "just works", without requiring weasel words in the docs about overflows, underflows, or esoteric details about various HW FP quirks. Integer arithmetic is just plain better behaved across platforms ;-) _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2819> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
