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

[Joshua Landau]

On 12 July 2013 19:17, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:

> This will complicate the code is not more than recognizing ∞. I don't
> propose accepting ½. I just noticed that the accepting ∞ will open a wide
> gate for a lot of other cases.


Whilst I disagreed, the usual hunger of Python-list to jump at bad ideas
like piranhas means that you've effectively been proven right.

This doesn't mean that ∞ is a bad thing to accept -- just that if we accept
it we're going to have to be ready to push back against all the other
people who want silly extensions.

//justmyopinionlyyrs
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