[Python-ideas] float comparison in doctest
Vito De Tullio
vito.detullio at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 08:15:26 CEST 2014
Terry Reedy wrote:
> I think there have been vague proposals for a float method, but
> "a - b < delta" is shorter than "a.almost_equat(b, abs=delta)" and
> probably easier to understand.
what if a < b? or if a or b (or both) are NaN/+Inf/-Inf? Or...
There are many pitfalls comparing floats, isn't better to delegate these
checks in a function?
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