IEEE special values

[Terry Reedy]

"Norbert Nemec" <nobbi_at_theorie3.physik.uni-erlangen.de at NOSPAM.COM>
wrote in message news:bhl7bi$ggg$1 at rznews2.rrze.uni-erlangen.de...

> is there any simple reason why IEEE special values are so poorly
supported
> in python?

A. They are poorly, and just as importantly, inconsistently supported
in C.
B. Python's floating point arithmetic and standard functions are thin
wrappers of the C layer.

TJR