On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 11:04 PM Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> (and the proposed Python implementation of IEEE-754's alternative to > ZeroDivisionError) > Is anyone actually proposing this (i.e. changing how Python handles division by zero, or other float exceptions) ? There IS a proposal on the table to add math.inf and math.nan to builtins, which is the only one I know about (and I'm supposed to help write a PEP for, which has stalled out) But while there has been a bunch of discussion, I don't know that anyone has actually proposed anything. But if so -- could whoever it is write the proposal down? (Ideally in a new thread) > this be an appropriate migration strategy for implementing IEEE-754 > inf/+inf/-inf: > > from __future__ import floatinfinity > FWIW, if a change were to be made, I'd rather it be some kind of float error handling context: either a global setting, like numpy's, or a context manager. With, of course, the default behavior just like it's been forever. -CHB -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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