From 8e0ae63618bd437fee9df6b42e53d2c860f46a0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Peters Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:18:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added section for IEEE-754 support requests. --- pep-0042.txt | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/pep-0042.txt b/pep-0042.txt index 5c9e13fba..cf9d3564b 100644 --- a/pep-0042.txt +++ b/pep-0042.txt @@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ Core Language / Builtins http://sf.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=116405&group_id=5470 + - Non-accidental IEEE-754 support (Infs, NaNs, settable traps, etc). + Big project. + + pickle lacks float('inf') + http://sf.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=445484&group_id=5470&atid=355470 + Standard Library @@ -228,14 +234,14 @@ Standard Library http://sf.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=426539&group_id=5470&atid=105470 - - Jim Fulton suggested the following: + - Jim Fulton suggested the following: I wonder if it would be a good idea to have a new kind of temporary file that stored data in memory unless: - - The data exceeds some size, or + - The data exceeds some size, or - - Somebody asks for a fileno. + - Somebody asks for a fileno. Then the cgi module (and other apps) could use this thing in a uniform way. @@ -248,9 +254,9 @@ Standard Library check. Also, there are situations where it makes sense not to append a newline, or to append something else than a newline. - Proposal: + Proposal: - - get rid of the input size check + - get rid of the input size check - add an optional argument giving the delimiter string to be appended, defaulting to "\n"