Can math.atan2 return INF?

Ben Bacarisse ben.usenet at bsb.me.uk
Thu Jun 23 10:39:43 EDT 2016


Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> writes:

> On Thursday 23 June 2016 14:40, Dan Sommers wrote:
>
>>> Since x == y, the answer should be the same as for any other pair of x == y.
>> 
>> When x == y == 0, then atan2(y, x) is 0.

I see just added noise by making the same comment before reading the
rest of the thread.  Sorry.

> /s/any other pair of x == y/any other pair of x y except for zero/
>
> :-P
>
>
> Zero is exceptional in many ways.

whereas infinity...  :-)

-- 
Ben.



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