15 Jan
2015
15 Jan
'15
12:18 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 02:44:27AM -0800, Andrew Barnert wrote:
I think your confusion here is entirely my fault. For simplicity, it's often helpful to look at tiny float representations--e.g., a 4-bit float with 1 sign bit, 1 mantissa bit, and 2 exponent bits (that, if both 1, mean inf/nan),
Since this is python-ideas, how about a minifloat type? I think a 4-bit float is a bit *too* mini, 8-bit sounds about right. (I know, I know, it should be a third-party library, not a built-in :-) -- Steven