[Gambas-user] Infinities and division

[Benoit Minisini]

Le 29/11/2022 à 15:23, Benoit Minisini a écrit :
> Le 29/11/2022 à 15:14, BB a écrit :
>> I'm not real good on infinite mathematics but
>>
>>     If Abs((.Actual - .Predicted) / .Predicted) > 0.005 Then
>>
>> throws a "Division by zero (26)" error when .Actual = -Inf and 
>> .Predicted = (a normal real like) 63.665584
>>
>> Is that correct? Because to me it's a very misleading error.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> bruce
>>
> 
> Indeed. It's because "/" raises "Division by zero" as soon as it does 
> not return a real number.
> 

But should it raise an error in that case, or return the infinites?

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Benoît Minisini.