Why `divmod(float('inf'), 1) == (float('nan'), float('nan'))`

[wxjmfauth at gmail.com]

Le jeudi 18 septembre 2014 08:45:21 UTC+2, Marko Rauhamaa a écrit :
> wxjmfauth at gmail.com:
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> > In short, a lack of consistency.
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> >>>> 1e300*1e300
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> > inf
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> >>>> exp(1e300)
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> > Traceback (most recent call last):
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> >   File "<eta last command>", line 1, in <module>
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> > OverflowError: math range error
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> Good point!
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> Maybe IEEE had some specific numeric algorithms in mind when it
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> introduced inf and nan. However, I have a feeling an exception would be
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> a sounder response whenever the arithmetics leaves the solid ground.
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Nothing to do with IEEE. It's a pure Python question.

If Python is using its own algorithmics for some "type
of numbers" and at the same time it uses (or it has to use)
a C library with a different algorithmics, conflicts are
expected.

In my previous example, both solutions are valid. The
both solutions at the same time -> problem.

jmf