From: Heesob Park <redmine@...>
Date: 2009-04-08T14:38:31+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:23154] [Bug #1363] Wrong value for Hash of NaN

Bug #1363: Wrong value for Hash of NaN
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/1363

Author: Heesob Park
Status: Open, Priority: Normal
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.1p0 (2009-01-30 revision 21907) [i686-linux]

Ruby cannot handle NaN as a unique key of Hash.

Here is an example:

irb(main):001:0> h = {}
=> {}
irb(main):002:0> h[0/0.0]=1
=> 1
irb(main):003:0> h[0/0.0]=2
=> 2
irb(main):004:0> h[0/0.0]=3
=> 3
irb(main):005:0> h
=> {NaN=>1, NaN=>2, NaN=>3}
irb(main):006:0> h[0/0.0]
=> nil

I think this is related with the NaN comparing problem:

irb(main):001:0> 0/0.0 == 0/0.0
=> false
irb(main):002:0> a = 0/0.0
=> NaN
irb(main):003:0> a == a
=> false
irb(main):004:0> a <=> a
=> nil


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