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Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct?

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On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> In a language like python with decent exceptions we do not need nans.

Not so. I could perhaps accept that we don't need signalling NaNs, as
they can be replaced with exceptions, but quiet NaNs are by definition
_not_ exceptions.

ChrisA

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  Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-03-05 15:11 -0800
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-06 10:20 +1100
      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-03-05 15:27 -0800
        Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-06 10:39 +1100
        Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 10:40 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 10:25 +1100
  Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-06 13:09 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-06 13:55 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-03-05 19:18 -0800
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    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-03-05 19:44 -0800
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 14:49 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? random832@fastmail.us - 2015-03-05 23:37 -0500
      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-07 04:07 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-06 04:46 +0000
  Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 01:50 -0800
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 21:01 +1100
      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 02:22 -0800
        Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-07 03:59 +1100
          Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 10:04 -0800
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      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 09:04 -0800
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