Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ivan Vinogradov wrote:
>
> > It doesn't seem to be here under OSX either (universal Python install).
>
> It's not enabled by default. In the source distribution, it is
> Modules/fpectlmodule.c .
>
> > Since numpy seems to be working on a variety of platforms/hardware,
> > how hard would it be to extract this functionality from it to add to
> > Python proper?
>
> Harder than just enabling fpectl.
Last thing I heard fpectl was considered to be completely broken -- it's
likely not disabled by default for no reason. A short google turned up this:
Comment By: Michael Hudson (mwh)
Date: 2006-02-20 12:59
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Waaa, the correct thing to is to remove the --with-fpectl from configure!
I've
been meaning to post to python-dev for a while now proposing the ripping
out
of this code. It's just not useful any more. At any rate, I am actively
opposed to
advertising its existence more widely.
And in pep 356 (python 2.5 release schedule) we find:
Possible features for 2.5
[...]
- Remove the fpectl module?
So "just enabling fpectl" doesn't look like a viable long term solution.
'as
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