float point properties access

[Robin Becker]

Neal D. Becker wrote:
> Is there a way in python to access properties of floats?  I need something
> equiv to C DBL_EPSILON defined in <float.h>.
> 
> 
you could try the traditional algorithm

 >>> def dbl_epsilon():
... 	n = 0
... 	while 1:
... 		e = 1.0/2**n
... 		if (1.0+e==1.0): break
... 		n += 1
... 		pe = e
... 	return pe
...
 >>> print dbl_epsilon()
2.22044604925e-016
 >>>

-- 
Robin Becker