On Thu, Jun 22, 2006, Nick Maclaren wrote: > > Sigh. What I am trying to get is floating-point support of the form > that, when a programmer makes a numerical error (see above), he gets > EITHER an exception value returned OR an exception raised.
Then you need to write up a detailed design document FOR PYTHON that specifies how a smart person like Michael Hudson would go about implementing what you want. Keep in mind that Python does *not* currently require C99 (and it's not clear when it will) and that Python runs on multiple hardware platforms and operating systems, so your scheme needs to be either independent of hardware/OS or you need to clearly specify how your scheme can EASILY be made to work on any system. You can't expect us to do your legwork for you, and you can't expect that Tim Peters is the only person on the dev team who understands what you're getting at. Incidentally, your posts will go directly to python-dev without moderation if you subscribe to the list, which is a Good Idea if you want to participate in discussion. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there." --Steve Gonedes _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com