[XML-SIG] Re: Floating exception on alpha machine

[Martin v. Löwis]

Jens Jorgen Mortensen <jensj@fysik.dtu.dk> writes:

> >>> Inf = Inf = 1e300 * 1e300
> Floating exception (core dumped)
> 
> A very simple way to crash the python interpreter!!  

The code is fine; the interpreter should not crash. Please report a
bug as sf.net/projects/python. The interpreter should not crash. At
worst, it should raise a Python exception.

> Does anybody know what to a do about it?  How should Inf be defined?
 
Only a platform expert could know.

Regards,
Martin