[Gambas-user] Infinities and division

[Benoit Minisini]

Le 29/11/2022 à 19:52, Jussi Lahtinen a écrit :
> ... also this would be consistent with not allowing divide by zero 
> (which would be kinda x / 0 = infinity).
> And furthermore this would prevent illogical things like:
> If infinite / 1 = infinite / 2 Then Print "Yes, 1 is totally equal to 2."
> 

Mmm. Yes, you're right.

It's better to raise an error as soon as we see an infinite, even if 
this is not how the CPU floating point works.

If someone want to play with non-standard analysis, it's not a good idea 
to rely on standard CPU floating points.

Regards,

-- 
Benoît Minisini.