Stefan Krah added the comment:
Alexander Belopolsky <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:
> Raymond suggested that "The PEP 3141 should be revised to say that floor
> division is defined to return a value that is *equal* to an Integral".
I guess it should say "equal to an Integral or a special value".
> Since nan or inf are not *equal* to any Integral, the current implementation
> does not comply. In the absence of a recommendation in the PEP, implementers
> of new numeric types are left with little guidance because existing types are
> inconsistent:
>
> >>> Decimal('inf') // 1
> Decimal('Infinity')
> >>> float('inf') // 1
> nan
I think both should return inf.
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