python Programming Glossary: powers

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1019740/speed-of-calculating-powers-in-python

of calculating powers in python I'm curious as to why it's so much faster to multiply.. as to why it's so much faster to multiply than to take powers in python though from what I've read this may well be true in.. operator is more general and can also deal with fractional powers. But if that's why it's so much slower why doesn't it perform..

Trouble Installing Pygame on Mac OSX

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13300585/trouble-installing-pygame-on-mac-osx

the Apple provided version of Tcl Tk a GUI library which powers IDLE can be out of date and cause problems. Snow Leopard users..

Class attribute evaluation and generators

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1773636/class-attribute-evaluation-and-generators

as the argument to list fails class Brie ... base 2 ... powers list base i for i in xrange 5 ... Traceback most recent call.. a list comprehension works class Cheddar ... base 2 ... powers base i for i in xrange 5 ... Cheddar.powers 1 2 4 8 16 # Using.. ... base 2 ... powers base i for i in xrange 5 ... Cheddar.powers 1 2 4 8 16 # Using a list comprehension as the argument to list..

Why is x**3 slower than x*x*x? [duplicate]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18453771/why-is-x3-slower-than-xxx

question already has an answer here Speed of calculating powers in python 6 answers In NumPy x x x is an order of magnitude.. generically by splitting any integer into a sum of the powers of two computing each power of two as above and summing In 93.. loops best of 3 70.7 ms per loop It's fast for small even powers of two In 106 timeit x 32 10 loops best of 3 131 ms per loop..

Python Framework for small website [closed]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2665313/python-framework-for-small-website

pinax flask share improve this question Django powers over 80 of Python coded web sites according to some estimates...

Decimal place issues with floats and decimal.Decimal

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/286061/decimal-place-issues-with-floats-and-decimal-decimal

I tried the Decimal class but it does not work well with powers i.e Decimal x 2 . Any ideas python floating point decimal floating.. you As long as I start with a string rather than a float powers seem to work fine. import decimal print decimal.Decimal 1.2..

Understanding __get__ and __set__ and Python descriptors.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3798835/understanding-get-and-set-and-python-descriptors

to use a descriptor class to encapsulate the logic that powers it. That way if the descriptor is used to cache some expensive..

Python rounding error with float numbers

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5997027/python-rounding-error-with-float-numbers

this question Any number that can't be built from exact powers of two can't be represented exactly as a floating point number..

Practical GUI toolkit?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/842075/practical-gui-toolkit

. What would be the flattest learning curve but yet enough powers to perform most of the standard GUI features What would you..

Inaccurate Logarithm in Python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/931995/inaccurate-logarithm-in-python

struck me as a bit odd. I did the same thing with other powers of 2 and it worked perfectly. I ran 'log10 2 31 log10 2 ' and..