kanon 0.5.1

History of astronomy library

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Kanon is the History of Astronomy Python package and tools. Still in early development.

Current Features

units

• Define standard positional numeral systems (BasedReal)

• Working arithmetics on those numbers

• Set your own precision contexts and algorithms on arithmetical operations

• Keep track of all operations

tables

• Build or import ancient astronomical tables

• Perform arithmetical and statistical operations

• Support for BasedReal values

calendars

• Define new calendar types

• Date conversions

How to use

Install the package with pip

pip install kanon

For now kanon features are only available through its Python library

import kanon.units as u

a = u.Sexagesimal(1,2,3)
b = u.Sexagesimal(2,1,59)

a + b
# 3,4,2 ;

Development

To start developing on this project you need to install the package in editable mode

git clone [e-mail]:lgauffier/kanon.git
cd kanon
pip install -e .

The changes you make in the code are reflected on your Python environment

Tests

Run tests with tox

# source code tests
tox -e test

# example notebooks tests
tox -e test_notebooks

# mypy
tox -e mypy