[issue3188] float('infinity') should be valid

Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Checked in, r64729. -- resolution: -> accepted status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___

[issue3188] float('infinity') should be valid

New submission from Mark Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2.6 adds float('inf') and float('nan') as cross-platform ways to generate infinities and NaNs. The C99 standard (section 7.20.1.3, paragraph 3) specifies that 'infinity' (in any case, with optional preceding sign) should also be a valid