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Subject: Re: Can math.atan2 return INF?
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:27:51 +0200
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> Thanks, I'm in the same position as you, except that I'm in the position
> where I need it use the result, and if it ever returns INF my function will
> blow up. But it doesn't look like that can happen.
>
Doesn't atan2 relies on the C lib math floating point library? At least
in CPython. I think (but not 100% sure) that it is implementation
dependent, and returns what is returned by clib floating point lib.
Since the meaning of atan2 is an angle, it should always be between
[-pi,pi]. The only exception maybe when there is a NaN in the arguments.
But I cannot think of any interpretation where atan2 would return Inf or
-Inf.