promote_maximally

typhon.math.promote_maximally(x)

Return copy of x with high precision dtype.

Converts input of ‘f2’, ‘f4’, or ‘f8’ to ‘f8’. Please don’t pass f16. f16 is misleading and naughty.

Converts input of ‘u1’, ‘u2’, ‘u4’, ‘u8’ to ‘u8’.

Converts input of ‘i1’, ‘i2’, ‘i4’, ‘i8’ to ‘i8’.

Naturally, this copies the data and increases memory usage.

Anything else is returned unchanged.

If you input a pint quantity you will get back a pint quantity.

Experimental function.