diff Doc/lib/libcmath.tex @ 32350:11c31a98dfd6 legacy-trunk

Patch #826074: cmath.log optional base argument, fixes #823209 (Contributed by Andrew Gaul.)
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
date Mon, 14 Jun 2004 07:40:10 +0000
parents d923b3c8b152
children 67f2190e1f6d
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--- a/Doc/lib/libcmath.tex	Mon Jun 14 04:58:42 2004 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcmath.tex	Mon Jun 14 07:40:10 2004 +0000
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@
 Return the exponential value \code{e**\var{x}}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{log}{x}
-Return the natural logarithm of \var{x}.
+\begin{funcdesc}{log}{x\optional{, base}}
+Returns the logarithm of \var{x} to the given \var{base}.
+If the \var{base} is not specified, returns the natural logarithm of \var{x}.
 There is one branch cut, from 0 along the negative real axis to
 -\infinity, continuous from above.
+\versionchanged[\var{base} argument added]{2.4}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{log10}{x}