[Python-Dev] Mixing float and Decimal -- thread reboot

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Mar 25 12:25:35 CET 2010


Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I'd like to turn the question around ... what algorithms are there that 
> rely on NaN == NaN being True?

Absolutely anything that expects "x is y" to imply that "x == y". The
builtin containers enforce this by checking identity before they check
equality, but there are plenty of algorithms that won't.

Cheers,
Nick.

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