Re: NaN comparisons - Call For Anecdotes

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Date	Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:04:15 +0200
From	"Anders J. Munch" <2014@jmunch.dk>
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Ethan Furman skrev:
> What exception? Apparently your claims about NaN in Python are all wrong -- 
> have you been using a custom interpreter?
> >>> float('inf') - float('inf')
> nan
If you deliberately try to manufacture NaN's, you can. I never said otherwise.

regards, Anders

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Re: NaN comparisons - Call For Anecdotes "Anders J. Munch" <2014@jmunch.dk> - 2014-07-08 21:04 +0200

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