On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 3:09 AM Random832 <random...@fastmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020, at 12:45, Cade Brown wrote:
> > I am positing that Python should contain a constant (similar to True,
> > False, None), called Infinity.
>
> What if we created a new syntax [and used it for the repr] that is not
> currently a valid identifier?
>
> something like "1.INF"
>

 This is out of the box and might be considered insane, but what about:

>>> INF#
INF#
>>> INF # this is a comment as usual
NameError: INF

But I suppose this would be considered a breaking change, since the text
"INF#" probably exists in code somewhere.

---
Ricky.

"I've never met a Kentucky man who wasn't either thinking about going home
or actually going home." - Happy Chandler
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