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

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

>>> docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html says [...].  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$

That does not surprise me.

I don't know whether the text I quoted is a recent change or not, nor
in either case whether or not it actually represents the stance of the
Python project.  But it seems to me they should either take fixes for
the VAX or update that documentation.

>> It might be worth trying again. Perhaps they've forgotten me by now, or som$

If they aren't still anti-non-IEEE-float, no problem; if they are,
someone needs to point out that their documentation disagrees.

> That's odd.  I wonder what Guido says about this.  After all, he comes from $

If anyone knows how to reach him directly - and the gatekeepers are
still intransigent - it might be worth throwing a ping that way.

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