[SciPy-user] str(numpy.inf)

[Samuel GARCIA]

Because of that I also have problem with pickle when I want to store a
float which is not finite.

Am I the first with this problem under win32 ?

Sam


Robert Kern wrote:
> Samuel GARCIA wrote:
>   
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have this problem
>> str(numpy.inf) under linux give 'inf'
>> str(numpy.inf) under win32 give '1.#INF'
>>
>> It is a problem for me because with a GUI in LineEdit, for example, the
>> end user who have to enter a float can enter inf under linux but not
>> under win32.
>>
>> Any idea to solve this ?
>>     
>
> No. We (and Python) defer to the C library for such things, and they each use
> different representations.
>
>   

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