Re: One more oddity with gcc and vax floats...

[Paul Koning <paulkoning%comcast.net@localhost>]

> On Jun 10, 2026, at 1:08 PM, John Klos <john%klos.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html says that python
>> numbers.Real "represent machine-level double precision floating-point
>> numbers", going on to say "You are at the mercy of the underlying
>> [hardware/software implementation] for the accepted range and handling
>> of overflow".  If the test suite still fails on VAXen, I would say it's
>> broken to the point that filing a bug report against the test suite is
>> appropriate.
> 
> Perhaps the gatekeepers represent a small, vocal minority, but a few of the Python folks got VERY upset at the idea of supporting non-IEEE floating point.
> 
> It might be worth trying again. Perhaps they've forgotten me by now, or someone else can suggest having the option to skip NaN / infinity tests. We could say it's for an embedded environment with software floating point so we don't upset the gatekeepers.

That's odd.  I wonder what Guido says about this.  After all, he comes from a place where floating point was very different from what IEEE created.

	paul