Message156825
| Author |
kristjan.jonsson |
| Recipients |
kristjan.jonsson, mark.dickinson, michael.foord, pitrou, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka |
| Date |
2012年03月26日.14:56:36 |
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2.6135788e-07 |
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No |
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<1332773797.56.0.905686326719.issue14381@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
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| Content |
Why do you think it isn't safe, Antoine?
We only support IEEE platforms, and IEEE defines positive 0.0 to be all bits cleared.
I personally don't think that even a small measurable performance degradation in creating new floats is problematic since that is not where typical cpu power is spent. But this is the second time I ́ve made this suggestion (the first was on python-dev) and in both cases I've run up against the opinion that it is a "rare" problem and worries about "performance." Yet this seemed not to be an issue when ints/longs were united.
So, while I was recently prompted to resubmit this suggestion, I feel no need to push the matter further and am just letting it rest here, then. I'm sure someone will think it is a good idea again in the future and can then reopen it. |
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