On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 10:51 AM Steve Barnes <gadgetst...@live.co.uk> wrote:
> I do have to disagree here as it is entirely possible, in the world of > hardware interfacing, that an external hardware device could possibly > supply an sNaN as a something was seriously wrong flag, (as opposed to a I > haven't got any data at the moment). Wouldn't the right time to handle an sNaN coming from hardware *always* be upon acquisition rather than sticking it in a collection to operate on later? Fail-fast fail-hard seems like basic good design, that much more so when it comes to hardware.
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