Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: I'm seeing this too on OS X, with Python 2.6.
Python 2.6.1+ (release26-maint:68182M, Jan 2 2009, 23:13:43) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5490)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import cPickle >>> cPickle.dumps(1e-307) 'F9.9999999999999991e-308\n.' >>> cPickle.loads(_) 9.9999999999999991e-308 >>> cPickle.dumps(1e-308) 'F9.9999999999999991e-309\n.' >>> cPickle.loads(_) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: could not convert string to float Same results on trunk, and (using pickle instead of cPickle, and specifying protocol 0 explicitly) for 3.x. I'll see if I can figure out where this is coming from. ---------- assignee: -> marketdickinson nosy: +marketdickinson type: -> behavior versions: +Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1672332> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
