Sridhar Ratnakumar <sridh...@activestate.com> added the comment: It is a powerpc 64-bit AIX machine:
>>> os.uname() ('AIX', 'asaixv5152', '1', '5', '000C763E4C00') >>> platform.uname() ('AIX', 'asaixv5152', '1', '5', '000C763E4C00', 'powerpc') The commands you have requested: >>> from sys import float_info >>> float_info sys.floatinfo(max=1.7976931348623157e+308, max_exp=1024, max_10_exp=308, min=2.2250738585072014e-308, min_exp=-1021, min_10_exp=-307, dig=15, mant_dig=53, epsilon=2.2204460492503131e-16, radix=2, rounds=1) >>> from pickle import dumps, loads >>> x = 7e-308 >>> x 6.9999999999999994e-308 >>> p = [dumps(x, proto) for proto in range(3)] >>> p ['F6.9999999999999994e-308\n.', 'G\x00)*\xee\xa4Z\xae\xdf.', '\x80\x02G \x00)*\xee\xa4Z\xae\xdf.'] >>> up = [loads(z) for z in p] >>> up [6.9999999999999984e-308, 6.9999999999999994e-308, 6.9999999999999994e-308] >>> ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6646> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com