[issue23595] Split the math module into _math (C) + math (py)

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor added the comment:

> > Didn't Guido veto the idea of math.py?
> It looks like it: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2015-March/138616.html

Ah. I missed this email.

So what do you think of my patch? Does it make sense to provide math.py?

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For math.py without _math: isnan(), isfinite(), etc. can be implemented in pure Python using the struct module. See for example the old fpconst module:
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/fpconst

Well, it would be specific to IEEE 754, but most platforms support IEEE 754, and other Python implementations can implement their own _math module to support more platforms (like platforms not supporting IEEE 754 floats).

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