Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

2013-07-14 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: > 14.07.13 06:09, Chris Angelico написав(ла): > >> Incidents like this are a definite push, but my D&D campaign is >> demanding my attention right now, so I haven't made the move. > > > Are you role-playing Chaos Mage [1]? > > [1] http://www

Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

2013-07-14 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
14.07.13 06:09, Chris Angelico написав(ла): Incidents like this are a definite push, but my D&D campaign is demanding my attention right now, so I haven't made the move. Are you role-playing Chaos Mage [1]? [1] http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Chaos_Mage_(3.5e_Class) -- http://mail.python.org/mai

Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

2013-07-13 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:53:55 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Doh, I forgot which channel this was on again :( It feels like a >> python-list thread. > > > Can't you just hit Reply-List or even Reply-All? I don't like Reply-All as it's to

Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

2013-07-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:53:55 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > Doh, I forgot which channel this was on again :( It feels like a > python-list thread. Can't you just hit Reply-List or even Reply-All? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

2013-07-13 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Joshua Landau wrote: >> On 14 July 2013 02:24, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>> and on-going costs: >>> >>> - that's one more thing for every user to learn; >> >> Doesn't apply here. > > Yes, it does; what happ

Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

2013-07-13 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Joshua Landau wrote: > On 14 July 2013 02:24, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> and on-going costs: >> >> - that's one more thing for every user to learn; > > Doesn't apply here. Yes, it does; what happens to someone who reads someone else's Python code? To write code,

Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

2013-07-12 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Gerald Britton > wrote: >> Man I don't know how you are doing this! I just tried: >> >> float('') and got >> >> Value error: could not convert string to float '' >> >> For that matter, I can't figure out

Re: [Python-ideas] float('∞')=float('inf')

2013-07-12 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Gerald Britton wrote: > Man I don't know how you are doing this! I just tried: > > float('') and got > > Value error: could not convert string to float '' > > For that matter, I can't figure out how to type the greek letter for > pi in gmail! Guess I have some t