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Subject: Re: PyWart: Language missing maximum constant of numeric types!
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:55:17 +0000
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On 24/02/2012 13:37, Rick Johnson wrote:
> I get sick and tired of doing this!!!
>
> if maxlength == UNLIMITED:
>      allow_passage()
> elif len(string)>  maxlength:
>      deny_passage()
>
> What Python needs is some constant that can be compared to ANY numeric
> type and that constant will ALWAYS be larger!
>
>
>

Do you want to test for something that is larger than infinity?

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.