On May 2, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Alex Drummond wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The new 1/0 0/0 -1/0 syntax for the special floating point values
> seems to raise a division by zero error whenever it's used. For
> example, in evaluating the following expression:
>
> 1/0 0.0 >
>
> Is there any way of using these values in calculations that doesn't
> cause an error to be raised? I couldn't find anything in the
> documentation on floats.

The special float values need a decimal point:

-1/0. 0/0. 1/0.

Without the decimal point, you're asking for a rational with  
denominator 0, which isn't allowed.

-Joe

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