Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: >> By the time Python returns a result for inf+3j, you're already in >> trouble (or perhaps Python is already in trouble). > I don't see why. It is possible to do perfectly sensible arithmetic on INFs.
We sometimes think of the real line extended by +/- inf, or the complex plane extended by a single point at infinity. I'm not sure how to do sensible arithmetic on a number like inf+3j, that doesn't treat it as the same number as inf+4j. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list