python 2.3.4 for windows: float("NaN") throws exception
Peter Hansen
peter at engcorp.com
Thu Jan 13 10:30:24 EST 2005
asmirnov1234567890 at yahoo.com wrote:
> my python 2.3.4 for windows refuse to execute line float("NaN"). It
> says:
>
>>>>float("NaN")
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> ValueError: invalid literal for float(): NaN
>
> The same line works as expected on Linux and Solaris with python 2.3.4.
> Could anybody explain what is possibly wrong here? is it bug or
> feature?
Differences in the underlying platform/C library. No difference
here with similar platforms.
-Peter
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