On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > … Would it make sense to add > a float context that also lets one specify what should happen? That > could include returning Inf for 1.0/0.0 (for experts), or raising > exceptions when NaNs are produced (for the numerically naive like > myself).
ISTM, this is approaching py4k territory. Adding contexts will not solve backward compatibility problem unless you introduce a "quirks" contexts that would preserve current warts and make it default. For what it's worth, I think the next major version of Python should use decimal as its main floating point type an leave binary floats to numerical experts. _______________________________________________ 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
