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Landon Curt Noll 1c839dfede add logn and error checking for invalue eps and epsilon values
Add new logn(x, n [,eps]) builtin to compute logarithms to base n.

Verify that eps arguments (error tolerance arguments that override
the default epsilon value) to builtin functions have proper values.
Previously the eps argument had little to no value checks for
many builtin functions.

Document in help files for builtin functions that take eps arguments,
the LIMIT range for such eps values.
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NAME
polar - specify a complex number by modulus (radius) and argument (angle)
SYNOPSIS
polar(r, t [, eps])
TYPES
r real
t real
eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
return number (real or complex)
DESCRIPTION
Returns the real or complex number with real and imaginary parts
multiples of epps nearest or next to nearest to r * cos(t) and
r * sin(t) respectively. The error for each part will be less
than 0.75 * abs(eps), but usually less than 0.5 * abs(eps).
EXAMPLE
; print polar(2, 0), polar(1, 2, 1e-5), polar(1, 2, 1e-10)
2 -0.41615+0.9093i -0.4161468365+0.9092974268i
; pi = pi(1e-10); eps = 1e-5
; print polar(2, pi/4, eps), polar(2, pi/2, eps), polar(2, 3*pi/4, eps)
1.41421+1.41421i 2i -1.414215+1.41421i
LIMITS
eps != 0
LINK LIBRARY
COMPLEX *c_polar(NUMBER *r, NUMBER *t, NUMBER *eps);
SEE ALSO
abs, arg, re, im
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