[Python-ideas] Infinite in Python (not just in datetime)

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 09:17:36AM +0100, Thomas Güttler wrote:
> Thank you very much, that there are some developers who support the
> idea of infinite in the datetime module.
> 
> 
> Next idea: If Python would support infinite in the core, implementing
> infinite in datetime might be much easier.

I don't understand what that means. What does it mean for Python to 
support infinite in the core?

Infinite what? Infinite string? Infinite list? What would this infinite 
do, what methods would it have?

Python already supports float infinities and Decimal infinities. Does 
that help you?

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Steve