From: "mame (Yusuke Endoh) via ruby-core" Date: 2025-08-02T11:35:53+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:122898] [Ruby Feature#21527] Proposal: Math.log1p and Math.expm1 Issue #21527 has been reported by mame (Yusuke Endoh). ---------------------------------------- Feature #21527: Proposal: Math.log1p and Math.expm1 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21527 * Author: mame (Yusuke Endoh) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- Let's add `Math.log1p` and `Math.expm1`. * `Math.log1p(x)`: Computes `Math.log(x + 1)` * `Math.expm1(x)`: Computes `Math.exp(x) - 1` These methods are often more accurate than the straightforward computation, especially when `x` is close to zero. ``` # The current approach loses precision p Math.log(1 + 1.0e-16) #=> 0.0 p Math.exp(1.0e-16) - 1 #=> 0.0 # The proposed methods return the accurate result p Math.log1p(1.0e-16) #=> 1.0e-16 p Math.expm1(1.0e-16) #=> 1.0e-16 ``` Note that they are very standard; the C99 even defines `log1p()` and `expm1()`. Other major programming languages (Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, Rust, etc.) also provide them. PR: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/14087 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ ______________________________________________ ruby-core mailing list -- ruby-core@ml.ruby-lang.org To unsubscribe send an email to ruby-core-leave@ml.ruby-lang.org ruby-core info -- https://ml.ruby-lang.org/mailman3/lists/ruby-core.ml.ruby-lang.org/