[issue3724] math.log(x, 10) gives different result than math.log10(x)

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

Mark, is some of the inaccuracy due to double rounding?  Could we make
the two argument form more accurate by allowing the compiler to generate
code that uses full internal precision, log(n)/log(d), instead of
prematurely forcing the intermediate results to a PyFloat?

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assignee: rhettinger -> marketdickinson

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