[issue1880] Generalize math.hypot function
Mark Dickinson
report at bugs.python.org
Mon Jan 21 05:33:25 CET 2008
Mark Dickinson added the comment:
I'm not sure either that such a generalization would belong in math (which right now
does little more than expose some basic functions from the C library) or that it
should be called hypot.
It seems to me that this would belong with other vector-type math stuff, but there
isn't any of that in core Python or the libraries at the moment.
On one hand, this falls foul of the 'not every one-liner should be a builtin' rule.
On the other hand, it's not a one-liner if done properly: compare the output of
math.hypot(1e160, 1e160) with the output of your version. Similarly for
math.hypot(1e-160, 1e-160).
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nosy: +marketdickinson
priority: -> low
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