This section has some important "gotchas", in particular the impossibility of getting extra precision from a float: https://mpmath.org/doc/current/basics.html#providing-correct-input Current docs: https://mpmath.readthedocs.io/en/latest/basics.html#providing-correct-input // edit by @skirpichev @asmeurer suggested: > Perhaps mpmath should have a short "gotchas" page in the docs about this, similar to the [one in the SymPy docs](https://docs.sympy.org/latest/tutorial/gotchas.html#two-final-notes-and)). See #632 for a discussion and #670 for some recent changes.
This section has some important "gotchas", in particular the impossibility of getting extra precision from a float:
https://mpmath.org/doc/current/basics.html#providing-correct-input
Current docs: https://mpmath.readthedocs.io/en/latest/basics.html#providing-correct-input
// edit by @skirpichev
@asmeurer suggested:
See #632 for a discussion and #670 for some recent changes.