Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

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Date	2013-07-13 00:52 +1000
Subject	Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.4634.1373640755.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Gerald Britton
<gerald.britton@gmail.com> wrote:
> Man I don't know how you are doing this!  I just tried:
>
> float('<greek letter pi>') and got
>
> Value error: could not convert string to float '<greek letter pi>'
>
> For that matter, I can't figure out how to type the greek letter for
> pi in gmail!  Guess I have some things to learn.
>
> So, if Python doesn't recognize the symbol for pi, why should it
> recognize the one for infinity?

Considering that Python can't represent π in a float anyway, I
wouldn't be too bothered. And what else? float('τ') for twice that
value? Not really necessary imho.

ChrisA

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Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf') Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-13 00:52 +1000

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