There's already float16, float32, float64, and float128 in numpy. That would be the best place to add float8 if you want it. Best, Neil On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 7:19:01 PM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
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 :-)
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