log1p gives different result in Windows compared to Linux/Mac for large argument
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Description
On 64 bit Windows, Anaconda Python:
np.log1p(1.7976931348622732e+308)
gives inf. On Linux and Mac it gives 709.78....
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Start by reproducing the shown np.log1p(1.7976931348622732e+308) call on 64-bit Windows and compare it with Linux or macOS. No source file or test is named; done means determining why Windows returns inf while the other platforms return approximately 709.78 and adding coverage for the corrected behavior.
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- Tech stack
- numpy, python
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- Issue type
- Bug
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