[issue46173] Clarify conditions under which float(x) with large x raises OverflowError

Eric V. Smith added the comment: I think the documentation reads better as it currently is. Does this really cause any practical confusion? As Mark notes, we can't specify things exactly here: that would obfuscate all of the things we're actually trying to say. -- nosy: +eric.smith

[issue46173] Clarify conditions under which float(x) with large x raises OverflowError

Mark Dickinson added the comment: Changing to a documentation issue. -- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation -Interpreter Core nosy: +docs@python resolution: not a bug -> title: float(x) with large x not raise OverflowError -> Clarify conditions under which float(x)