> It'd be OK for NaN to map to NULL, but not for infinity, since there > is a distinction between positive and negative infinity, and that > distinction is valuable.
The NaN value in IEEE-754 is also not unique. There is the distinction between signaling and quiet NaNs, and furthermore mantissa bits can (and sometimes are) used to carry a tag, conveying information as to the source of a problem. Also, I don't particularly see how it is ok for NaN to map to NULL; they are conceptually quite different. If I may draw an analogy, mapping NaN to NULL is pretty much the same as mapping the empty string to NULL. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
