Re: float point properties access

[Robin Becker]

Neal D. Becker wrote:
Is there a way in python to access properties of floats?  I need something
equiv to C DBL_EPSILON defined in <float.h>.

you could try the traditional algorithm
>>> def dbl_epsilon():
...     n = 0
...     while 1:
...             e = 1.0/2**n
...             if (1.0+e==1.0): break
...             n += 1
...             pe = e
...     return pe
...
>>> print dbl_epsilon()
2.22044604925e-016
>>>
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