Re: [go-nuts] Re: Assigning +Inf to a float32 ..

2016-09-12 Thread xiiophen
On Monday, 12 September 2016 23:39:09 UTC+1, Michael Jones wrote: > > Actually, you would also want a way to say “which type of NaN” as there > are two classes and several subclasses. I wrote code for this a while back > and posted it here (IIRC). > > > yes -I'm aware of 'signalling' and

Re: [go-nuts] Re: Assigning +Inf to a float32 ..

2016-09-12 Thread Michael Jones
6 at 6:32 AM To: golang-nuts <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> Cc: <xiiop...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [go-nuts] Re: Assigning +Inf to a float32 .. On Sunday, 11 September 2016 14:25:29 UTC+1, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 6:06 AM, <xiio...@gmail.com> wr

[go-nuts] Re: Assigning +Inf to a float32 ..

2016-09-11 Thread xiiophen
ok thanks - that seems to be them all I think the library would benefit from more 'obvious' , built in constant, or single parameterless function to generate these - more commonly as values to test output against, rather than inputs. I'll put in that request and see if it gets picked up. Also