On 2006-06-15, Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >|> >|> I assume the "you" in that sentence refers to the IEEE FP >|> standards group. I just try to follow the standard, but I have >|> found that the behavior required by the IEEE standard is >|> generally what works best for my applications. > > Well, it could be, but actually it was a reference to the > sentence "This makes sense since such is the limit of division > by a quantity that goes to zero."
That sentence was written by the IEEE FP standards committee explaining why they chose the behavior they did. > The point here is that +infinity is the correct answer when the zero is > known to be a positive infinitesimal, just as -infinity is when it is > known to be a negative one. NaN is the only numerically respectable > result if the sign is not known, or it might be a true zero. OK, you're right. I still prefer that Python follow the standard they everything else does. Part of what I use Python for is to simulate devices that obey the IEEE 754 floating point standards. I need Python to follow the standard. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Yow! Now we can at become alcoholics! visi.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list