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| author | Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> | 2020-02-23 13:21:29 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-02-23 11:21:29 +0000 |
| commit | 559e7f165ad03731e6bc2211c0e6d8d9c02fb549 (patch) | |
| tree | 0cf0f31bae98ea188a5fde21a1db4c068539dbdb /Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst | |
| parent | fbe2e0bb8a7ee75d0f9d57682436dac7d69e202e (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-559e7f165ad03731e6bc2211c0e6d8d9c02fb549.tar.gz | |
bpo-39648: Expand math.gcd() and math.lcm() to handle multiple arguments. (GH-18604)
* bpo-39648: Expand math.gcd() and math.lcm() to handle multiple arguments.
* Simplify fast path.
* Difine lcm() without arguments returning 1.
* Apply suggestions from code review
Co-Authored-By: Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst index 161675d32f..a0ae4eb9b8 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst @@ -216,8 +216,13 @@ import attempts. math ---- -Add :func:`math.lcm`: return the least common multiple of *a* and *b*. -(Contributed by Ananthakrishnan in :issue:`39479`.) +Expanded the :func:`math.gcd` function to handle multiple arguments. +Formerly, it only supported two arguments. +(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`39648`.) + +Add :func:`math.lcm`: return the least common multiple of specified arguments. +(Contributed by Mark Dickinson, Ananthakrishnan and Serhiy Storchaka in +:issue:`39479` and :issue:`39648`.) Add :func:`math.nextafter`: return the next floating-point value after *x* towards *y*. |