Bugs item #1481296, was opened at 2006-05-03 14:39 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by tim_one You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1481296&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Interpreter Core Group: Python 2.3 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Erik Dahl (edahl) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: long(float('nan'))!=0L Initial Comment: on all platforms I can test long(float('nan'))=0L But on maxos X intel long(float('nan'))!=0L it returns: 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000L This is a problem because: >>> 344 - long(float('nan')) Objects/longobject.c:1645: failed assertion `borrow == 0' Abort trap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one) Date: 2006-05-03 15:09 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Try it on Windows and you'll get: >>> long(float('nan')) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ValueError: invalid literal for float(): nan Nothing about the behavior of NaNs, infinities, or signed zeroes is defined or guaranteed by Python. You use them at your own risk, and their behavior does vary wildly in practice (according to the HW, OS, C compiler, C library, and even the C compiler flags specified when compiling Python). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1481296&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com