Am 16.07.2013 14:04, schrieb Chris Angelico: > Piece of extreme oddity, this. > >>>> help(sys.float_info) > .... lots of other info ... > | max_exp > | DBL_MAX_EXP -- maximum int e such that radix**(e-1) is representable > | > | min_exp > | DBL_MIN_EXP -- minimum int e such that radix**(e-1) is a > normalized float > .... > > So it's technically correct. Followup question: Why is it off by one?
Because float.h defines DBL_MAX_EXP like that. Why? I can't tell, too. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
