[Numpy-discussion] [Python-3000] PEP 31XX: A Type Hierarchy for Numbers (and other algebraic entities)

[David Goldsmith]

Anton Sherwood wrote:
>>> Jan Grant wrote:
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>>>> . . .  the space of doubles include a small number of things
>>>> that aren't representable by a rational (+/- inf, for instance).
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>> Anton Sherwood wrote:
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>>> +1/0, -1/0
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> David Goldsmith wrote:
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>> Are not unique representations for inf/-inf, (if that matters).
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> No rational representation is unique!
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Of course - as soon as I hit send I knew someone was going to shoot that 
back at me! :-)  But for some reason (I'm speaking rhetorically, I know 
the reasons) they always drilled home non-zero/zero undef., not = inf.


DG