Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))`

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On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:35 AM,  <chris.barker@noaa.gov> wrote:
> It's be nice if Python's math module did more than simply wrap the default i implementation of the underlying C lib -- it's gotten better over the years (Inf and NaN used to be really hard to get), but still not quite what it could be.

I think there's not a whole lot that can be done due to backward
compatibility issues. Python 3 did make some progress (e.g. math.floor
now returns an int instead of a float).

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Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 14:40 -0700
  Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-09-16 21:12 -0400
    Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 07:55 -0700
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 01:10 +1000
        Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 08:16 -0700
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 01:29 +1000
            Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 09:33 -0700
              Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 02:37 +1000
              Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-18 13:11 +1000
                Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 01:43 -0700
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 09:34 -0600
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 01:40 +1000
            Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-18 12:50 +1000
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 10:12 -0600
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 10:30 -0600
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 12:03 -0600
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 07:37 +1000
        Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-18 13:29 +1000
          Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 13:47 +1000
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-09-17 19:23 -0400
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 00:51 -0600
  Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-17 09:35 -0600
  Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-09-17 23:22 -0700
    Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-09-18 09:45 +0300
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-09-18 00:13 -0700
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-09-18 19:25 +1000
        Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-09-18 05:57 -0700
        Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-09-18 14:33 +0000
    Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` chris.barker@noaa.gov - 2014-09-18 09:35 -0700
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-09-18 11:05 -0600
      Re: Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))` wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-09-18 23:48 -0700

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