[Numpy-discussion] Difference in the number of elements in a fromfile() between Windows and Linux

[Christopher Barker]

Robert Kern wrote:
> "1.#INF" and "1.#QNAN" might be
> accepted though since that's what ftoa() gives for those quantities.

not in Python:

float("1.#INF")

gives a value error. That may or may not reflect what *scanf does, but I 
suspect it does.

-Chris


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