[Python-Dev] Caching float(0.0)

[Nick Maclaren]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?= <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>
> py> x=-0.0
> py> y=0.0
> py> x,y

Nobody is denying that SOME C90 implementations distinguish them,
but it is no part of the standard - indeed, a C90 implementation is
permitted to use ANY criterion for deciding when to display -0.0 and
0.0.  C99 is ambiguous to the point of internal inconsistency, except
when __STDC_IEC_559__ is set to 1, though the intent is clear.

And my reading of Python's code is that it relies on C's handling
of such values.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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