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Kirill Smelkov
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Change references to the new math functions to generate proper x-refs.
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@@ -1350,29 +1350,28 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
floating-point exceptions and IEEE 754 special values.
The new functions are:
* :func:`isinf` and :func:`isnan` determine whether a given float is
a (positive or negative) infinity or a NaN (Not a Number),
respectively.
* :func:`~math.isinf` and :func:`~math.isnan` determine whether a given float
is a (positive or negative) infinity or a NaN (Not a Number), respectively.
*
``copysign(x, y)`
` copies the sign bit of an IEEE 754 number,
*
:func:`~math.copysign
` copies the sign bit of an IEEE 754 number,
returning the absolute value of *x* combined with the sign bit of
*y*. For example, ``math.copysign(1, -0.0)`` returns -1.0.
(Contributed by Christian Heimes.)
* :func:`factorial` computes the factorial of a number.
* :func:`
~math.
factorial` computes the factorial of a number.
(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger; :issue:`2138`.)
* :func:`sum` adds up the stream of numbers from an iterable,
* :func:`
~math.
sum` adds up the stream of numbers from an iterable,
and is careful to avoid loss of precision by calculating partial sums.
(Contributed by Jean Brouwers; :issue:`2819`.)
* The inverse hyperbolic functions :func:`
acosh`, :func:`asinh` and
:func:`
atanh`.
* The inverse hyperbolic functions :func:`
~math.acosh`, :func:`~math.asinh`
and :func:`~math.
atanh`.
* The function :func:`
log1p`, returning the natural logarithm of
*1+x*
(base *e*).
* The function :func:`
~math.log1p`, returning the natural logarithm of *1+x*
(base *e*).
There's also a new :func:`trunc` function as a result of the
There's also a new :func:`trunc`
built-in
function as a result of the
backport of `PEP 3141's type hierarchy for numbers <#pep-3141>`__.
The existing math functions have been modified to follow the
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