29 Apr
2011
29 Apr
'11
2:56 a.m.
On 4/28/11 8:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Greg Ewing wrote:
Taking a step back from all this, why does Python allow NaNs to arise from computations *at all*?
The real question should be, why does Python treat all NANs as signalling NANs instead of quiet NANs? I don't believe this helps anyone.
Actually, Python treats all NaNs as quiet NaNs and never signalling NaNs. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco