curious problem with large numbers

[Kristian Zoerhoff]

On Apr 7, 2005 3:34 PM, David M. Cooke 
> 
> I don't do Windows, so I can't say this will work, but try
> 
> >>> inf = 1e308*2

I *do* do Windows, and that does work. The value of inf then becomes
'1.#INF' as expected. Strangely, doing

float('1.#INF')

still fails on Windows. Weird, weird.

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