I think it's better for the test to fail, to indicate that there's an unresolved problem on the platform.
On 9/4/07, Hasan Diwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/09/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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? > > Indeed, I am on OSX. Yes, I have read the comment for the test. Would the > following pseudocode be an acceptable fix for the problem: > if sys.platform == 'darwin' and math.sqrt(-1) == nan: > return > else: > try: > x = math.sqrt(-1) > except ValueError: > pass > ... > or should I just not bother? > -- > Cheers, > > Hasan Diwan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- --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
