From 2a1e3e29d4015aa7f029ba819c46b3790b3e4a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:47:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #7770: Note the useful range of sin/cos in the decimal
module examples.
---
Doc/library/decimal.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Doc/library/decimal.rst b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
index d0dedda40e..d1e8bc750e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/decimal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/decimal.rst
@@ -1717,6 +1717,9 @@ to work with the :class:`Decimal` class::
def cos(x):
"""Return the cosine of x as measured in radians.
+ The taylor series approximation works best for a small value of x.
+ For larger values, first compute x = x % (2 * pi).
+
>>> print(cos(Decimal('0.5')))
0.8775825618903727161162815826
>>> print(cos(0.5))
@@ -1740,6 +1743,9 @@ to work with the :class:`Decimal` class::
def sin(x):
"""Return the sine of x as measured in radians.
+ The taylor series approximation works best for a small value of x.
+ For larger values, first compute x = x % (2 * pi).
+
>>> print(sin(Decimal('0.5')))
0.4794255386042030002732879352
>>> print(sin(0.5))
--
2.50.0