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Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:25:42 +1100
Subject: Re: where in Nan defined
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> Or to never have to worry about it:
>
> INF = 1e400
> while not math.isinf(INF):
>     INF *= INF

With no imports whatsoever:

inf = 1e400
nan = inf-inf
while nan == nan:
    inf *= inf
    nan = inf-inf

But now we're getting stupid :)

ChrisA