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RE: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Axiom-developer] list bug


From: Juergen Weiss
Subject: RE: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Axiom-developer] list bug
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:01:18 +0200

Hi,

the inaccuracy in log is independent of the other problems.
I do not know how accurate the calculation of the width
of objects must be calculated to get reasonably placed
output. Is it better to overestimate the space needed?
If the output routines require exact width calculations,
one should consider to calculate the exact print width.
Besides, is the calculation of a logarithm really less
expensive than the exact integer calculation for a 
fixnum (bignums are handled differently)? Even if it is,
does it matter?

Juergen Weiss     | Universitaet Mainz, Zentrum fuer Datenverarbeitung,
address@hidden| 55099 Mainz, Tel: +49(6131)39-26361, FAX:
+49(6131)39-26407


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Camm Maguire [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 7:03 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Axiom-developer] list bug
> 
> 
> Greetings!  
> 
> Have you considered something like:
> 
> (first (multiple-value-list (round (log 1000 10))))
> 
> 3
> 
> ?
> 
> Is this relevant to the 'duplicate member in set' bug we were
> discussing earlier?  I'm referring to that reported by Juergen in:
> 




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