[Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

[Gerald Britton]

>> Do you have the infinity symbol on your keyboard?  I don't!.
>>

>Why does what you have on your keyboard matter? Just because the example
>uses a string literal, doesn't mean that's the only use case. I can pass
>infinity symbols along in any text medium.

Ummm...cause that's what I use when programming?

This is a truly silly idea.  What next?

float('pi') = 3.14159...
float('e') = 2.71828...
float('phi') = 1.618...

etc.

Note that I don't have any of those symbols on my keyboard either.
Now, if I were Greek...

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Gerald Britton