[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:59:29 -0000 > Rob De Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Jun 27, 6:41 am, andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I would like to have a useful rappresentation of infinite, is there >>> already something?? >> from numpy import inf > > $ python > Python 2.4.4 (#2, Apr 5 2007, 20:11:18) > [GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> from numpy import inf >>>> inf == inf > True >>>> type(inf) > <type 'float'> > > > This looks like the floating point inf to me.
It is. > Does it differ from the > built-in inf? What built-in inf? > I would like to second the OP's question if there is a generic inf and > add the wish that that is not equal to itself (inf == inf would yield > nan). No. You can make one that fits your requirements, though. > Ideally, it would not be of type float and work with gmpy mpq. > But I might have rare requirements... Possibly. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
