https://play.golang.org/p/tLSyUw1Ojq
This operation is caught by the compiler a:=float32(1) / float32(0) ok This has been asked before - but not with a satisfactory answer afaict The spec says ( https://golang.org/ref/spec#Arithmetic_operators ) *The result of a floating-point or complex division by zero is not specified beyond the IEEE-754 standard; ..* But the IEEE754 standard* does specify behaviour*, and the divide by zero has a valid, defined result. I get the compiler is trying to catch some sort of error here - but I'm not convinced it's ever helpful, and contradicts fully supporting the standard. Does anyone have a good defence of this compiler warning for floats? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
