Does anyone know of a library to do fixed point arithmetic in Python? Or, does anyone has sample code?
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Does anyone know of a library to do fixed point arithmetic in Python? Or, does anyone has sample code?
If you are interested in doing fixed point arithmetic, the Python Standard Library has a decimal module that can do it.
Actually, it has a more flexible floating point ability than the built-in too. By flexible I mean that it:
Has ‘signals’ for various exceptional conditions (these can be set to do a variety of things on signaling)
Has positive and negative infinities, as well as NaN (not a number)
Can differentiate between positive and negative 0
Allows you to set different rounding schemes.
Allows you to set your own min and max values.
All in all, it is handy for a million household uses.