[Python-checkins] r88183 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst

[raymond.hettinger]

Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Tue Jan 25 07:58:01 2011
New Revision: 88183

Log:
Add math.erfc and turtledemo.

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst	Tue Jan 25 07:58:01 2011
@@ -993,10 +993,15 @@
 0.013765762467652909
 
 The :func:`~math.erf` function computes a probability integral or `Gaussian
-error function <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_function>`_:
+error function <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_function>`_.  The
+complementary error function, :func:`~math.erfc`, is ``1 - erf(x)``:
 
 >>> erf(1.0/sqrt(2.0))   # portion of normal distribution within 1 standard deviation
 0.682689492137086
+>>> erfc(1.0/sqrt(2.0))  # portion of normal distribution outside 1 standard deviation
+0.31731050786291404
+>>> erf(1.0/sqrt(2.0)) + erfc(1.0/sqrt(2.0))
+1.0
 
 The :func:`~math.gamma` function is a continuous extension of the factorial
 function.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_function for details.  Because
@@ -1967,6 +1972,16 @@
 (Work by Nick Coghlan, Dan Mahn, and Senthil Kumaran in :issue:`2987`,
 :issue:`5468`, and :issue:`9873`.)
 
+turtledemo
+----------
+
+The demonstration code for the :mod:`turtle` module was moved from the *Demo*
+directory to main library.  It includes over a dozen sample scripts with
+lively displays.  Being on :attr:`sys.path`, it can now be run directly
+from the command-line::
+
+    $ python -m turtledemo
+
 
 Multi-threading
 ===============
@@ -2166,7 +2181,7 @@
 :pep:`385` for details.
 
 To learn to use the new version control system, see the `tutorial by Joel
-Spolsky <http://hginit.com>`_ or the `guide to Mercurial workflows
+Spolsky <http://hginit.com>`_ or the `Guide to Mercurial Workflows
 <http://mercurial.selenic.com/guide/>`_.