Lisp-Stat / Lisp-Stat/special-functions
Fix log-gamma extremes
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- Dominant language
- Common Lisp
- Stars
- 6
- Forks
- 3
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Description
log-gamma does not properly handle the cases of +/- infinity
Because x is (abs n).
Originally posted by @stassats in e03dba7
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the log-gamma entry point in the repository and inspect how it handles extreme inputs. Identify the expected behavior for positive and negative infinity, then verify the change with the repository's existing tests; done means both infinity cases are handled correctly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100