Yes; the glibc docs mention this in documenting INFINITY--I wasn't considering that convenient, but it's definitely not difficult.
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:44:30 PM UTC-5, Stefan Karpinski wrote: > > I think you can get it with 1.0/0.0 even if INFINITY isn't defined. > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Patrick O'Leary < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 9:28:16 PM UTC-5, benFranklin wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for answering. I thought I'd ask as there is no Inf double in C >>> <snip> >>> >> >> There is such a thing--as it's just a particular bit pattern interpreted >> as a double. However, it wasn't really convenient until C99, which defines >> INFINITY in math.h, along with a number of other helpful macros for dealing >> with nonfinite floating point numbers. >> > >
