gamma approximation : what is module cmath and where is it located ?

[Nobody]

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:24:11 -0500, pdlemper wrote:

> The following numerical approximation for Euler's Gamma function
> is found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanczos_approximation
> 
> from cmath import *

> This works in Python 3.0    
>   
> But I can't figure out where it gets "cmath".    Searching the Python 
> directory reveals no more than a test_cmath.  The only cmath I can find
> is a header file in another directory  turboc++\Borland\include\
> 
> dir(cmath) reveals 23 functions overlapping the 37 functions of
> the math module.
> 
> What is cmath, where did it come from and how does it differ from
> the standard math module  ?

If you're looking for the file, it's written in C, so it's typically a
dynamic library, e.g.:

	/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/cmath.so

You won't find a cmath.py file.