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bicoeff references nchoosek


From: Francesco Potortì
Subject: bicoeff references nchoosek
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:03:34 +0100

Hmm.  The comment has a typo: should be bincoeff, not bicoeff...


# HG changeset patch
# User Francesco Potortì <address@hidden>
# Date 1228143714 -3600
# Node ID 274cc925b214fdf093717911a32dcd743d8d29c3
# Parent  021be2026afac53045210fb2669331fbe6414079
bicoeff references nchoosek

diff -r 021be2026afa -r 274cc925b214 scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog Mon Dec 01 15:42:55 2008 +0100
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog Mon Dec 01 16:01:54 2008 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ 2008-12-01  Francesco Potortì  <address@hidden
 2008-12-01  Francesco Potortì  <address@hidden>
+
+       * miscellaneous/bincoeff.m: Make a reference to nchoosek.
 
        * specfun/nchoosek.m: Add checks for numeric, integer arguments
        with correct bounds and relative tests.
diff -r 021be2026afa -r 274cc925b214 scripts/miscellaneous/bincoeff.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/bincoeff.m  Mon Dec 01 15:42:55 2008 +0100
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/bincoeff.m  Mon Dec 01 16:01:54 2008 +0100
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 ##      @result{} 10
 ## @end group
 ## @end example
+##
+## In most cases, for small scalar integer arguments, the @code{nchoosek}
+## function is faster.  It also warns about loss of precision for big 
arguments.
+##
+## @seealso{nchoosek}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: KH <address@hidden>
@@ -108,4 +113,3 @@ endfunction
 %!error bincoeff ();
 
 %!error bincoeff (1, 2, 3);
-

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