[Python-Dev] Caching float(0.0)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Oct 4 21:29:19 CEST 2006


Kristján V. Jónsson schrieb:
> Hm, doesn´t seem to be so for my regular python.
> 
> maybe it is 2.3.3, or maybe it is stackless from back then.

It's because you are using Windows. The way -0.0 gets rendered
depends on the platform. As Tim points out, try
math.atan2(0.0, -0.0) vs math.atan2(0.0, 0.0).

Regards,
Martin


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