Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: > But values that rounded to DBL_MAX can raise > OverflowError. In any case it's too difficult to achieve strict behavior > in this corner case.
Well, PyLong_AsDouble *does* achieve strict behaviour in this corner case :-). Integers less than 0.5 * (sys.float_info.max + 2**1024) in absolute value give finite results; integers greater than or equal to that bound produce an OverflowError. > Take a look at the tests and may be you'll see the system. I don't see how looking at the tests helps with making a decision about breaking backwards compatibility or not. :-) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14722> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
