[issue1580] Use shorter float repr when possible
Tim Peters
report at bugs.python.org
Tue Dec 11 18:57:48 CET 2007
Tim Peters added the comment:
[Raymond]
> ...
> NaNs in particular are a really
> difficult case because our equality testing routines
> have a fast path where identity implies equality.
Works as intended in 2.5; this is Windows output:
1.#INF
>>> nan = inf - inf
>>> nan # really is a NaN
-1.#IND
>>> nan is nan # of course this is true
True
>>> nan == nan # but not equal anyway
False
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