[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Add workaround for log1p(-0.0) on platforms where it's broken.

[mark.dickinson]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/377036cb13e9
changeset:   78642:377036cb13e9
branch:      2.7
parent:      78639:332566c29ab4
user:        Mark Dickinson <mdickinson at enthought.com>
date:        Sat Aug 18 12:31:34 2012 +0100
summary:
  Add workaround for log1p(-0.0) on platforms where it's broken.

files:
  Misc/NEWS       |   3 +++
  Modules/_math.c |  23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
  Modules/_math.h |   8 ++------
  3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #15477: In cmath and math modules, add workaround for platforms whose
+  system-supplied log1p function doesn't respect signs of zeros.
+
 - Issue #11062: Fix adding a message from file to Babyl mailbox.
 
 - Issue #15646: Prevent equivalent of a fork bomb when using
diff --git a/Modules/_math.c b/Modules/_math.c
--- a/Modules/_math.c
+++ b/Modules/_math.c
@@ -189,6 +189,27 @@
    significant loss of precision that arises from direct evaluation when x is
    small. */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LOG1P
+
+double
+_Py_log1p(double x)
+{
+    /* Some platforms supply a log1p function but don't respect the sign of
+       zero:  log1p(-0.0) gives 0.0 instead of the correct result of -0.0.
+
+       To save fiddling with configure tests and platform checks, we handle the
+       special case of zero input directly on all platforms.
+    */
+    if (x == 0.0) {
+        return x;
+    }
+    else {
+        return log1p(x);
+    }
+}
+
+#else
+
 double
 _Py_log1p(double x)
 {
@@ -230,3 +251,5 @@
         return log(1.+x);
     }
 }
+
+#endif /* ifdef HAVE_LOG1P */
diff --git a/Modules/_math.h b/Modules/_math.h
--- a/Modules/_math.h
+++ b/Modules/_math.h
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@
 #define m_expm1 _Py_expm1
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LOG1P
-#define m_log1p log1p
-#else
-/* if the system doesn't have log1p, use the substitute
-   function defined in Modules/_math.c. */
+/* Use the substitute from _math.c on all platforms:
+   it includes workarounds for buggy handling of zeros. */
 #define m_log1p _Py_log1p
-#endif

-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython