Message 167284 - Python tracker

Message167284

Author	steven.daprano
Recipients	steven.daprano
Date	2012-08-03.02:54:02
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Message-id	<1343962443.78.0.878505736017.issue15544@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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math.nan fails on some Decimal NANs. For example, while this works: >>> import math >>> from decimal import Decimal >>> math.isnan(Decimal('nan')) True These both fail with ValueError: math.isnan(Decimal('snan')) math.isnan(Decimal('nan123')) (Tested on Python 3.2 and 3.3.0a1)

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math.nan fails on some Decimal NANs. For example, while this works:

  >>> import math
  >>> from decimal import Decimal
  >>> math.isnan(Decimal('nan'))
  True

These both fail with ValueError:

  math.isnan(Decimal('snan'))
  math.isnan(Decimal('nan123'))


(Tested on Python 3.2 and 3.3.0a1)

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