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Allow float('infinity') as well as float('inf') #46070
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| BPO | 1729 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @mdickinson |
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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2008-01-03.20:33:52.416>
created_at = <Date 2008-01-03.19:39:27.453>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature', 'invalid']
title = "Allow float('infinity') as well as float('inf')"
updated_at = <Date 2008-01-03.20:33:52.415>
user = 'https://github.com/mdickinson'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2008-01-03.20:33:52.415>
actor = 'gvanrossum'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2008-01-03.20:33:52.416>
closer = 'gvanrossum'
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2008-01-03.19:39:27.453>
creator = 'mark.dickinson'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 1729
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['59146', '59149']
nosy_count = 1.0
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1729'
versions = ['Python 2.6', 'Python 3.0']
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mdickinson commentedon Jan 3, 2008
This request relates to bpo-1635:
http://bugs.python.org/issue1635
which allows cross-platform creation of infinities and nans.
The IEEE754 standard, the C99 standard, and the standard on which
Decimal is based all allow creation of an infinity from the string
'Infinity' (case-independent), as well as from 'inf'. Is there any
reason not to allow this for floats? I'm happy to create a patch.
mdickinson commentedon Jan 3, 2008
Sorry: brain not working. Please close as invalid.