Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails

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On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:56:16 +0200, Thomas Rachel wrote:

> Am 27.10.2012 06:48 schrieb Dennis Lee Bieber:
> 
>> 	I don't know about the more modern calculators, but at least up
>> through my HP-41CX, HP calculators didn't do (binary) "floating
>> point"... They did a form of BCD with a fixed number of significant
>> /decimal/ digits
> 
> Then, what about sqrt(x)**2 or arcsin(sin(x))? Did that always return 
> the original x?

I'd be impressed if it managed the latter, i.e. arcsin(sin(0))==0 while
arcsin(sin(pi))==pi ;)

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a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 18:46 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-25 22:04 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 02:44 +0000
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 03:54 -0400
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 15:26 +0000
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 14:49 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-10-27 17:40 +0100
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2012-10-26 13:15 +1100
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 19:22 -0700
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 19:22 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-26 03:19 +0100
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 02:33 +0000
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-10-28 06:07 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 04:00 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 16:23 +0000
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-26 17:43 +0100
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 03:45 +1100
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 18:40 +0000
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-10-26 15:17 -0400
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 12:29 +1100
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 14:58 -0400
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-27 00:48 -0400
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-10-27 08:56 +0200
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-10-27 17:45 +0100
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-27 13:07 -0400
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Mark Adam <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 13:33 -0500

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