Bug in math.frexp?

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Thomas Wouters writes:
 > Not sure which version of the Linux manpges you read, but the frexp manpage
 > that came with RedHat 6.1 more or less exactly mirrors Tim's description:

  I must have looked at something older when last I updated the
frexp() description; my Mandrake 7.0 install agrees with your RedHat
manpage.

 > Solaris 2.5 manpage I have access to is indeed a bit confusing, but does
 > state the same: 'x' is in the range of [0.5, 1), or 0. That means the
 > exponent has to be able to be negative, when the original number was
 > negative.

  And it's certainly possible I was just confused... numerics are not
my area of expertise, and I'll bow to Tim on this stuff regardless.


  -Fred

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