[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53503] log(m, n): requesting a function to directly compute logm(n).

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #53503 (project octave):

                Severity:              3 - Normal => 1 - Wish               
                Priority:              5 - Normal => 3 - Low                
                  Status:                    None => Need Info              

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Thank you for your bug report. I assume you mean a function to compute the
logarithm of a number n with respect to a base m? If I am wrong, please
clarify.

If that is correct, I think it's very unlikely that this function will be
added in Octave. Octave already includes the functions log, log2, and log10,
each of which are well-known functions in the standard C math library as well
as in Matlab. And everyone already knows how to compute the logarithm with a
different base using these existing functions. It is hard to see what the
benefit of a new function or additional arguments would be.

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