math.nroot [was Re: A brief question.]

[Tom Anderson]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Terry Hancock wrote:

> Really, the only *right* thing to do is to raise an exception ASAP after 
> the NaN comes up.

That sounds like a very good idea.

Are there any uses for NaN that aren't met by exceptions?

tom

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