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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: NaN comparisons - Call For Anecdotes
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>:

> Why *should* all NaNs be equal to each other?

I appreciate why you can't say NaN is equal to NaN. However, shouldn't
the very comparison attempt trigger an arithmetic exception? After all,
so does a division by zero.


Marko