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| author | Matthias Görgens <matthias.goergens@gmail.com> | 2023-05-19 20:03:49 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-05-19 20:03:49 (GMT) |
| commit | 6e39fa19555043588910d10f1fe677cf6b04d77e (patch) | |
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gh-94906: Support multiple steps in math.nextafter (#103881)
This PR updates `math.nextafter` to add a new `steps` argument. The behaviour is as though `math.nextafter` had been called `steps` times in succession.
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Co-authored-by: Mark Dickinson <mdickinson@enthought.com>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/math.rst b/Doc/library/math.rst index 797f324..9e58b55 100644 --- a/Doc/library/math.rst +++ b/Doc/library/math.rst @@ -224,11 +224,11 @@ Number-theoretic and representation functions of *x* and are floats. -.. function:: nextafter(x, y) +.. function:: nextafter(x, y, steps=1) - Return the next floating-point value after *x* towards *y*. + Return the floating-point value *steps* steps after *x* towards *y*. - If *x* is equal to *y*, return *y*. + If *x* is equal to *y*, return *y*, unless *steps* is zero. Examples: @@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ Number-theoretic and representation functions See also :func:`math.ulp`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.12 + Added the *steps* argument. + .. versionadded:: 3.9 .. function:: perm(n, k=None) |