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Math.sumPrecise

Category

JavaScript

Type

Chromium catches up

Status

Proposed (Chrome Proposed)

Intent stage

None

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Working draft
• Web Platform Tests: Yes

WPT details: Covered by Test262

Summary

A TC39 proposal to add a method to sum multiple values to JavaScript. Add an iterable-taking `Math.sumPrecise` method which returns the sum of the values in the iterable using a more precise algorithm than naive summation.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-math-sum
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://issues.chromium.org/u/1/issues/374310075

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=math-sumprecise
• Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+Math.sumPrecise
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=Math.sumPrecise
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=Math.sumPrecise

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