[Python-ideas] Suggestion: Extend integers to include iNaN

[Serhiy Storchaka]

29.09.18 21:38, Steve Barnes пише:
> On 29/09/2018 09:56, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
>> 29.09.18 11:43, Steve Barnes пише:
>>> On 29/09/2018 08:50, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
>>>> Python is dynamically typed language. What is such processing that would
>>>> work with iNaN, but doesn't work with float('nan')?
>>>>
>>> One simplistic example would be print(int(float('nan'))) (gives a
>>> ValueError) while print(int(iNaN)) should give 'nan' or maybe 'inan'.
>>
>> Why do you convert to int when you need a string representation? Just
>> print(float('nan')).
>> I converted to int because I needed a whole number, this was intended to
> represent some more complex process where a value is converted to a
> whole number down in the depths of the processing.

float('nan') is a number (in Python sense). No need to convert it.