Robin Becker robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk
Mon Jul 14 04:03:19 EDT 2003

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In article <mailman.1058119520.21914.python-list at python.org>, Tim Peters
<tim.one at comcast.net> writes
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>Python itself assumes that no-stop mode is in effect (the IEEE-754 mandated
>default:  all FPU traps are disabled).
>
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That at least makes resetting easy when one can do it.



I guessed all Python floating point ops are tested either pre or post
for the correct outcome, but then I tried

>>> a=1e290
>>> a
1.0000000000000001e+290
>>> a*a1.#INF
>>> 

so I suppose only the obvious things are tested.
-it's hard being an fpu'ly yrs- 
Robin Becker

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