Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct?

From	Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject	Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct?
Date	2015-03-06 04:46 +0000
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On 06/03/2015 04:37, random832@fastmail.us wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015, at 22:49, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> I'm not sure it's just an optimization. Compare this post from
>> python-dev, where Nick Coghlan discusses the same topic:
>>
>> https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2014-July/135476.html
>
> If it is a bug for NaN to "infect" containers' behavior, we need to take
> a serious look at sort().
>

I entirely agree.  With the extremely serious bug that was reported (and 
fixed) just a few days ago in the Python sorting algorithm and/or code, 
it is quite clear to me that it probably needs a major rethink.  After 
you :)

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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Is nan in (nan,) correct? random832@fastmail.us - 2015-03-05 17:26 -0500
  Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-03-05 15:11 -0800
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-06 10:20 +1100
      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-03-05 15:27 -0800
        Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-06 10:39 +1100
        Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 10:40 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 10:25 +1100
  Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-06 13:09 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-06 13:55 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-03-05 19:18 -0800
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-03-06 14:26 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-03-05 19:44 -0800
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 14:49 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? random832@fastmail.us - 2015-03-05 23:37 -0500
      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-07 04:07 +1100
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-06 04:46 +0000
  Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 01:50 -0800
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 21:01 +1100
      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 02:22 -0800
        Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-07 03:59 +1100
          Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 10:04 -0800
            Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-03-06 10:16 -0800
      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-06 15:34 +0000
    Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-07 03:43 +1100
      Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 09:04 -0800
        Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-07 04:16 +1100
          Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 09:36 -0800
        Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-07 10:33 +1100
          Re: Is nan in (nan,) correct? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 18:37 -0800

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