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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2015-01-11 11:55:29 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2015-01-11 11:55:29 (GMT)
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Issue #23185: add math.inf and math.nan constants.
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@@ -383,6 +383,22 @@ Constants
The mathematical constant e = 2.718281..., to available precision.
+.. data:: inf
+
+ A floating-point positive infinity. (For negative infinity, use
+ ``-math.inf``.) Equivalent to the output of ``float('inf')``.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+
+.. data:: nan
+
+ A floating-point "not a number" (NaN) value. Equivalent to the output of
+ ``float('nan')``.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+
.. impl-detail::
The :mod:`math` module consists mostly of thin wrappers around the platform C