Monthly Archive for October, 2005

Hey, nice float!

python-nicefloat is a Python module implementing an algorithm based on the paper “Printing Floating-Point Numbers Quickly and Accurately”, by Robert G. Burger and R. Kent Dybvig.

The implemented algorithm will find the shortest, correctly rounded output string representing a decimal number that converts to the same internal binary floating-point number when read.

Update: the download link is now fixed.

Have fun!

Labyrinth Solver

What about a labyrinth solver function in 16 lines of Python? :-)

Several projects moved

In the last few weeks I’ve been gradually moving projects I maintain to Labix, which is using the Moin software as a CMS.

Projects like

and others are all being hosted there now. There’s also a brand new issue tracker using Roundup.