python numpy machine epsilon

Question

I am trying to understand what is machine epsilon. According to the Wikipedia, it can be calculated as follows:

def machineEpsilon(func=float):
    machine_e         


        

Answer 1

It will already work, as David pointed out!

>>> def machineEpsilon(func=float):
...     machine_epsilon = func(1)
...     while func(1)+func(machine_epsilon) != func(1):
...         machine_epsilon_last = machine_epsilon
...         machine_epsilon = func(machine_epsilon) / func(2)
...     return machine_epsilon_last
... 
>>> machineEpsilon(float)
2.220446049250313e-16
>>> import numpy
>>> machineEpsilon(numpy.float64)
2.2204460492503131e-16
>>> machineEpsilon(numpy.float32)
1.1920929e-07