[Python-ideas] math.inf and math.nan constants

[Guido van Rossum]

Christian is the author of the merges for sure. Christian, do you remember
why float.is_finite and friends are commented out, in favor of math.isnan()?

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Heh. I don't recall how that was decided. If you really want to know, try
>> tracking down the author (hg blame gives me unhelpfully that it was some
>> svn merge in 2008).
>>
>
> My memory tells me that it was Christian Heimes.  I'm not sure how much I
> trust it, though.
>
> Mark
>
>


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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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