[issue6765] math.log, log10 inconsistency

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> added the comment:

Reopening as doc issue. This is at least the second time this issue has
been reported (see #3724), with some agreement on doc tweak, but not done.

Specific suggestions for math module doc, 9.2.2:

math.log(x[, base]) 
Return the logarithm of x to the given base. 

add: ", calculated as log(x)/log(base)" before period.

[This could be removed if better method ever implemented.]

math.log10(x) 
Return the base-10 logarithm of x.

add: "This is usually more accurate than log(x, 10)."

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assignee:  -> georg.brandl
components: +Documentation -Library (Lib)
nosy: +georg.brandl, tjreedy
resolution: invalid -> 
status: closed -> open
versions: +Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.2

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