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GH-44903: [C++] Add the Expm1(exponent) scalar arithmetic function #44904
GH-44903: [C++] Add the Expm1(exponent) scalar arithmetic function #44904
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Shall we mention that "this is more accurate than directly computing
exp(value) - 1
" in the function doc?There was a problem hiding this comment.
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I considered it, but I think it's better to keep this succinct.
expm1
is very googlable and explaining why it's more accurate in a short phrase isn't easy.There was a problem hiding this comment.
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Nit: since the main point of
expm1
is to be more precise when the input is close to zero, shouldn't we focus on this use case here? Though of course this is all dependent on the stdlib's implementation.There was a problem hiding this comment.
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I added 0.0 but you're right about the need for other tiny numbers.
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Done.