Problem with timeit

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"Steve D'Aprano" <steve+python at pearwood.info> a écrit dans le message de 
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> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:25 am, ast wrote:
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>> "Thomas Jollans" <tjol at tjol.eu> a écrit dans le message de
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>>> On 2017-12-15 11:36, ast wrote:
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>
> py> x = 123456**123456
> py> s = str(x)
> py> len(s)
> 628578
>


I discovered that log functions from math module
works with integers, whatever their size, there is
no conversion to float.

> import math
> x = 123456**123456
> math.log10(x)
628577.7303641582   (instantaneous)

so 628578 digits