On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-12 17:49 , geremy condra wrote: >> >> In Python3.2, calling math.erfc with a value in [-27.2, -30) raises >> an OverflowError: math range error. This is inconsistent with the >> erfc function from scipy (scipy.special.erfc) as well as with the C99 >> function by the same name, both of which return 2. I suspect that >> this is the result of the cutoff for the use of the continuing fraction >> approximation of erfc beginning when abs(x)> 30, but I'm not sure. >> Is this desired behavior or should I file a bug report? > > Bug, I think. > > -- > Robert Kern
Bug filed, http://bugs.python.org/issue8986. Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
