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

[Zaur Shibzukhov]

воскресенье, 14 июля 2013 г., 18:49:13 UTC+4 пользователь Serhiy Storchaka 
написал:
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> 14.07.13 16:53, Zaur Shibzukhov написав(ла):
> > I think that actual use cases are rather belongs to numeric area.
> > For example, one could use infinity symbol when output infinity
> > numerical results of calculations to the text file and another one input
> > them. Usually float numbers in python world are converted from string
> > using float(...). So any code that use float to convert from string
> > could benefit.This is not a real use case though, but rather some
> > scenario...
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> If one use custom code to output an infinity float as '∞' (or '+∞', or 
> '-', or '\\infty', or 'бесконечность', or '>9000'), then another one 
> should use custom code to input them.
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Yes of caurse. But I mean only the case when the output is float ('inf') or 
float ('-inf') - the actual infinity values.
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