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Author	serhiy.storchaka
Recipients	mark.dickinson, serhiy.storchaka, skrah
Date	2012-05-04.17:56:08
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In-reply-to	<1336143001.99.0.907372219017.issue14722@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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I also thought about ±∞. But PyLong_AsDouble() raises OverflowError for out-of-range value. And it checks strictly out of ±DBL_MAX. Because float(10**1000) returns no float('inf'), but raises an exception, I think that returning ±∞ will be wrong.

I also thought about ±∞. But PyLong_AsDouble() raises OverflowError for
out-of-range value. And it checks strictly out of ±DBL_MAX.

Because float(10**1000) returns no float('inf'), but raises an
exception, I think that returning ±∞ will be wrong.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-05-04 17:56:09	serhiy.storchaka	set	recipients: + serhiy.storchaka, mark.dickinson, skrah
2012-05-04 17:56:08	serhiy.storchaka	link	issue14722 messages
2012-05-04 17:56:08	serhiy.storchaka	create