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Issue 3188: accept float('infinity') as well as float('inf'). This

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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.
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Mark Dickinson 2008-07-05 11:33:52 +00:00
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@ -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;