(newbie) Float() and high precision

[wirecom]

What's the best way to do higher precision maths than the standard Float()?

 

[neokosmos]

What's the best way to do higher precision maths than the standard Float()?

It depends exactly what your needs are. What sort of application are
you thinking of? You may actually need a good numerical analyst and
not necessarily a new datatype here.

 

[casevh]

What's the best way to do higher precision maths than the standard Float()?

For basic operations, look at Decimal().

If you need more speed, and basic operations, search for gmpy.

If you need advanced functions, look at
http://calcrpnpy.sourceforge.net/ and related tools.

casevh