Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: > But I don't know the exact format for infinities and NaNs.
>From the Intel software developer manuals: For infinities: Sign bit: 0 or 1 (positive or negative infinity) Exponent field (15 bits): all ones Significand (64 bits): first bit 1, all remaining bits 0. NaN: Sign bit: 0 or 1 Exponent field (15 bits): all ones Significand (64 bits): first bit 1, at least one of the remaining bits 1. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue32978> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
