[New-bugs-announce] [issue23185] add inf and nan to math module

[Ethan Furman]

New submission from Ethan Furman:

Proposal:

  math.nan = float('nan')
  math.inf = float('inf')


Guido's approval:

  https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2015-January/030775.html


Followup question:

  Do we add a math.neginf, or somesuch, for float('-inf')?  Or just use -math.inf?

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keywords: easy
messages: 233580
nosy: ethan.furman
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: add inf and nan to math module
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.5

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