[Steven D'Aprano]
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> But this works:
>
> py> inf = float("inf")
> py> inf
> infAnother platform-dependent accident. That does not work, for example, on Windows. In fact, the Microsoft C float<->string routines don't support any way "to spell infinity" that works in the string->float direction. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
