Jan. 23, 2015
3:36 p.m.
On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:40:14 -0800 Chris Barker <chris.barker@noaa.gov> wrote:
Expected Uses =============
The primary expected use case is various forms of testing -- "are the results computed near what I expect as a result?" This sort of test may or may not be part of a formal unit testing suite.
I don't think the proposal fits the bill. For testing you want a function that is both 1) quite rigorous (i.e. checks equality within a defined number of ulps) 2) handles all special cases in a useful way (i.e. zeros, including distinguishing between positive and negative zeros, infinities, NaNs etc.). As someone who wrote such a function for Numba, what you're proposing would not be a suitable replacement. Regards Antoine.