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Change description of float('nan') feature; NaNs don't care much about 

signs, and float('nan'), float('+nan') and float('-nan') actually all
generate the exact same NaN value.
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Mark Dickinson 2008-06-24 11:08:58 +00:00
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@ -1374,8 +1374,8 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
of the zero. (Fixed by Mark T. Dickinson; :issue:`1507`)
* More floating-point features were also added. The :func:`float` function
will now turn the strings ``+nan`` and ``-nan`` into the corresponding
IEEE 754 Not A Number values, and ``+inf`` and ``-inf`` into
will now turn the string ``nan`` into an
IEEE 754 Not A Number value, and ``+inf`` and ``-inf`` into
positive or negative infinity. This works on any platform with
IEEE 754 semantics. (Contributed by Christian Heimes; :issue:`1635`.)