On 2008-02-10, Jeff Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neal Becker wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> Would a wrapper function be out of the question here?
>>>
>>> def MyDivision(num, denom):
>>> if denom==0:
>>> return "NaN"
>>> else
>>> return num / denom
>>
>> I bought a processor that has hardware to implement this. Why do I want
>> software to waste time on it?
>
> Will the amount of time wasted by the software exceed the amount of time
> required to implement Python-level access to the hardware feature?
The "time required to implement Python-level access to the
hardware features" is simply the time required to delete the
lines of code that raise an exception when demon is 0.0
> At any rate, the work-around should at least let you work on
> the rest of the application, while a more efficient
> implementation can be developed.
A more efficient implementation? Just delete the code that
raises the exception and the HW will do the right thing.
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