Encoding NaN in JSON

[Robert Kern]

On 2013-04-19 10:34, Tim Roberts wrote:
> Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> I'm trying to find a way to have json emit float('NaN') as 'N/A'.
>>> No.  There is no way to represent NaN in JSON.  It's simply not part of the
>>> specification.
>>
>> I know that. I'm trying to emit the *string* 'N/A' for every NaN.
>
> You understand that this will result in a chunk of text that is not JSON?
> Other JSON readers won't be able to read it.

I think he means something like this:

 >>> json.dumps([float('nan')])
'["N/A"]'

Not

'[N/A]'

-- 
Robert Kern

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  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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