[Python-bugs-list] float("1.0e-309") inconsistency on win32 (PR#245)

[sde@recombinant.demon.co.uk]

Full_Name: Stephen D Evans
Version: 1.5.2
OS: win32
Submission from: recombinant.demon.co.uk (212.229.73.7)


#! /usr/bin/python

# Inconsistent behaviour.

# Python 1.5.2 win32 fails the second print (why not both?)
# other versions print both expressions

#              Ok  Python 1.5.2 on SuSE Linux 6.3
#              Ok  JPython 1.1 on java1.1.7B
# Partial failure  Python 1.5.2 win32

print eval("float(1.0e-309)")
print float("1.0e-309") # ValueError: float() literal too large: 1.0e-309