https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/issues/5542
On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 5:12 PM Serge Stinckwich <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm having a look how floats are printed. > Why we check two times if a Float is infinite ? > A first time in: > > Float>>printOn: stream base: base > ... > self isInfinite > ifTrue: [ > stream nextPutAll: 'Float infinity'. > ^ self sign = -1 ifTrue: [ stream nextPutAll: ' negated' ] ]. > ... > > and a second time in: > > Float>>absPrintExactlyOn: aStream base: base > ... > self isInfinite ifTrue: [ > aStream nextPutAll: 'Float infinity'. > ^ self]. > ... > > the same in Float>>absPrintInexactlyOn: aStream base: base > ... > self isInfinite ifTrue: [aStream nextPutAll: 'Float infinity'. ^ self]. > ... > > Apparently the last two methods are never called when number is infinite. > > I remove the second checks and apparently nothing breaks (all number tests > are still green). > > Regards, > -- > Serge Stinckwic > h > > Int. Research Unit > on Modelling/Simulation of Complex Systems (UMMISCO) > Sorbonne University > (SU) > French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) > U > niversity of Yaoundé I, Cameroon > "Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for > machines to execute." > https://twitter.com/SergeStinckwich > -- Serge Stinckwic h Int. Research Unit on Modelling/Simulation of Complex Systems (UMMISCO) Sorbonne University (SU) French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) U niversity of Yaoundé I, Cameroon "Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute." https://twitter.com/SergeStinckwich
