[Numpy-svn] r3736 - trunk/numpy/testing

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Author: rkern
Date: 2007-05-04 16:17:20 -0500 (Fri, 04 May 2007)
New Revision: 3736

Modified:
   trunk/numpy/testing/utils.py
Log:
assert_approx_equal used significant digit more than requested.

Modified: trunk/numpy/testing/utils.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/numpy/testing/utils.py	2007-05-04 04:08:15 UTC (rev 3735)
+++ trunk/numpy/testing/utils.py	2007-05-04 21:17:20 UTC (rev 3736)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
                 header='Items are not equal to %d significant digits:' %
                                  significant,
                 verbose=verbose)
-    assert math.fabs(sc_desired - sc_actual) < pow(10.,-1*significant), msg
+    assert math.fabs(sc_desired - sc_actual) < pow(10.,-(significant-1)), msg
 
 def assert_array_compare(comparison, x, y, err_msg='', verbose=True,
                          header=''):