Re: Floating point minimum and maximum exponent values

2013-07-16 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
16.07.13 15:04, Chris Angelico написав(ла): 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

Re: Floating point minimum and maximum exponent values

2013-07-16 Thread Christian Heimes
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 r

Re: Floating point minimum and maximum exponent values

2013-07-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Marco wrote: > Hi all, why the maximum and minimum exp values are 1024 and -1021?: > sys.float_info > sys.float_info(max=1.7976931348623157e+308, max_exp=1024, max_10_exp=308, > min=2.2250738585072014e-308, min_exp=-1021, min_10_exp=-307, dig=15, > mant_dig=53