Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'see.': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'tismer': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'hex': 0.16; 'janssen': 0.16; 'nan': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'respond.': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'written': 0.21; 'memory': 0.22; 'programming': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'ph.d.': 0.24; 'second': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'gives': 0.31; 'subject:end': 0.31; 'text': 0.33; "can't": 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'no,': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'explains': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'christian': 0.38; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'anything': 0.39; 'expect': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'world.': 0.61; 'providing': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'such': 0.63; 'bothered': 0.68; 'received:2': 0.84; 'textbook': 0.84; 'university.': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Python Front-end to GCC Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:36:16 +0100 References: <4012031f-5334-4be8-a673-e0d8c8917fb2@googlegroups.com> <5265bba8$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <526668e5$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <52669852$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5266aa80$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5266b496$0$29981$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <526A81A4.4040100@nedbatchelder.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-201-160.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1382729799 news.xs4all.nl 15915 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46996 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:57552 On 25/10/2013 20:18, Mark Janssen wrote: >> As for the hex value for Nan who really gives a toss? The whole point is >> that you initialise to something that you do not expect to see. Do you not >> have a text book that explains this concept? > > No, I don't think there is a textbook that explains such a concept of > initializing memory to anything but 0 -- UNLESS you're from Stupid > University. > > Thanks for providing fodder... > > Mark Janssen, Ph.D. > Tacoma, WA > We've been discussing *DEBUGGING*. If you can't be bothered to read what's written please do not respond. -- Python is the second best programming language in the world. But the best has yet to be invented. Christian Tismer Mark Lawrence