From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2005-04-29T14:19:28+09:00
Subject: Re: Math::Infinity and Math::NaN

Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> 
>   The new version of Facets (0.7) has an Infinity class. Of course due
> to it's add-on nature it isn't fully integrated into the rest of the
> Ruby class system (yet) we're working on it. I will consider also a NaN
> class.

Why classes? They're simply constants of type Float (defined in the IEEE
standard), and ruby already does provide access to them, complete with
pretty printing. It's just that it's a bit roundabout - e.g. you have to
say a = 1.0/0 rather than a = Infinity.

martin