[ruby-core:103588] [Ruby master Feature#17825] Uniformize Float::INFINITY and Date::infinity.new

Issue #17825 has been updated by Aoernis (lucas billaudot).


**Description**

With `Float` you can do
``` ruby
Float::INFINITY # Infinity
```
and with `Date` you can do
``` ruby
Date::Infinity.new # #<Date::Infinity:0x00007f8d46a59ee0 @d=1>
```
but not
``` ruby
Date::INFINITY # uninitialized constant Date::INFINITY
```
**Background**

Date::Infinity.new and Float::INFINITY have both the same ancestors and have same using purpose
So it feel odd no be able to call them the same way

**Proposal**

Just make Date::INFINITY a working thing
And maybe mark Date::Infinity.new as deprecated ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks for reading

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Feature #17825: Uniformize Float::INFINITY and Date::infinity.new
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17825#change-91684

* Author: Aoernis (lucas billaudot)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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**Description**

With `Float` you can do 
``` ruby
Float::INFINITY # Infinity
```
and with `Date` you can do 
``` ruby
Date::Infinity.new # #<Date::Infinity:0x00007f8d46a59ee0 @d=1>
```
but not 
``` ruby
Date::INFINITY # uninitialized constant Date::INFINITY
```

**Background**

`Date::Infinity.new` and `Float::INFINITY` have both the same ancestors and have same using purpose
So it feel odd no be able to call them the same way

**Proposal**

Just make `Date::INFINITY` a working thing
And maybe mark `Date::Infinity.new` as deprecated ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks for reading




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