Is this on OSX? That test has been failing (because on that platform sqrt(-1) returns nan instead of raising ValueError) for years -- but the test is only run when run in verbose mode, which mostly hides the issue. Have you read the comment for the test?
On 9/4/07, Hasan Diwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to fix a failing unit test in revision 57974. The test in > question claims that math.sqrt(-1) should raise ValueError; the code itself > gives "nan" as a result for that expression. I can modify the test and > therefore have it pass, but I'm not sure if an exception would be more > appropriate. I'd be happy for some direction here. Many thanks! -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
