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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2008-07-05 11:33:52 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2008-07-05 11:33:52 (GMT)
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Issue 3188: accept float('infinity') as well as float('inf'). This
makes the float constructor behave in the same way as specified by various other language standards, including C99, IEEE 754r, and the IBM Decimal standard.
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_float.py18
-rw-r--r--Objects/floatobject.c3
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_float.py b/Lib/test/test_float.py
index 1a11707..bb48df0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_float.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_float.py
@@ -253,24 +253,36 @@ class ReprTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
floats_file.close()
# Beginning with Python 2.6 float has cross platform compatible
-# ways to create and representate inf and nan
+# ways to create and represent inf and nan
class InfNanTest(unittest.TestCase):
def test_inf_from_str(self):
self.assert_(isinf(float("inf")))
self.assert_(isinf(float("+inf")))
self.assert_(isinf(float("-inf")))
+ self.assert_(isinf(float("infinity")))
+ self.assert_(isinf(float("+infinity")))
+ self.assert_(isinf(float("-infinity")))
self.assertEqual(repr(float("inf")), "inf")
self.assertEqual(repr(float("+inf")), "inf")
self.assertEqual(repr(float("-inf")), "-inf")
+ self.assertEqual(repr(float("infinity")), "inf")
+ self.assertEqual(repr(float("+infinity")), "inf")
+ self.assertEqual(repr(float("-infinity")), "-inf")
self.assertEqual(repr(float("INF")), "inf")
self.assertEqual(repr(float("+Inf")), "inf")
self.assertEqual(repr(float("-iNF")), "-inf")
+ self.assertEqual(repr(float("Infinity")), "inf")
+ self.assertEqual(repr(float("+iNfInItY")), "inf")
+ self.assertEqual(repr(float("-INFINITY")), "-inf")
self.assertEqual(str(float("inf")), "inf")
self.assertEqual(str(float("+inf")), "inf")
self.assertEqual(str(float("-inf")), "-inf")
+ self.assertEqual(str(float("infinity")), "inf")
+ self.assertEqual(str(float("+infinity")), "inf")
+ self.assertEqual(str(float("-infinity")), "-inf")
self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "info")
self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "+info")
@@ -278,6 +290,10 @@ class InfNanTest(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "in")
self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "+in")
self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "-in")
+ self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "infinit")
+ self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "+Infin")
+ self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "-INFI")
+ self.assertRaises(ValueError, float, "infinitys")
def test_inf_as_str(self):
self.assertEqual(repr(1e300 * 1e300), "inf")
diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 32e7cc8..83401f2 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ PyFloat_FromString(PyObject *v, char **pend)
if (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "inf", 4) == 0) {
Py_RETURN_INF(sign);
}
+ if (PyOS_strnicmp(p, "infinity", 9) == 0) {
+ Py_RETURN_INF(sign);
+ }
#ifdef Py_NAN
if(PyOS_strnicmp(p, "nan", 4) == 0) {
Py_RETURN_NAN;