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| author | Mark Dickinson <mdickinson@enthought.com> | 2017-04-05 17:34:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-04-05 17:34:27 (GMT) |
| commit | a0ce375e10b50f7606cb86b072fed7d8cd574fe7 (patch) | |
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| parent | a0157b5f11e621f2196af4e918b9f07688a6cd1c (diff) | |
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bpo-29962: add math.remainder (#950)
* Implement math.remainder.
* Fix markup for arguments; use double spaces after period.
* Mark up function reference in what's new entry.
* Add comment explaining the calculation in the final branch.
* Fix out-of-order entry in whatsnew.
* Add comment explaining why it's good enough to compare m with c, in spite of possible rounding error.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst index 12f65ff..b5107ea 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst @@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ Added another argument *monetary* in :meth:`format_string` of :mod:`locale`. If *monetary* is true, the conversion uses monetary thousands separator and grouping strings. (Contributed by Garvit in :issue:`10379`.) +math +---- + +New :func:`~math.remainder` function, implementing the IEEE 754-style remainder +operation. (Contributed by Mark Dickinson in :issue:`29962`.) + os -- |