Category "precision"

Get file modification time to nanosecond precision

I need to get the full nanosecond-precision modified timestamp for each file in a Python 2 program that walks the filesystem tree. I want to do this in Python i

Significant digits with IEEE 754 float

The Wiki Double-precision floating-point format says: This gives 15–17 significant decimal digits precision. If a decimal string with at most 15 signific

Is there a functional difference between "2.00" and "2.00f"?

I ask because I am using the Box2D library, which calls for mostly float arguments. Although I see a lot of example code that uses the 0.00f format, I am not qu

Is there a way to make a complex number in NumPy with the accuracy of a Decimal type?

I'm working in Python with NumPy arrays of complex numbers that extend well past the normal floating point limits of NumPy’s default Complex type (numbers