From: Fela Winkelmolen <fela.kde@...>
Date: 2010-08-12T00:28:51+09:00
Subject: Re: "NaN".to_f revisited

> Might give some strange behaviour though:
> 
> "1$".to_f             => 1.0
> "nonsense".to_f       => 0.0
> "nanotubes".to_f      => Nan ?
> "inferiority".to_f    => Inf ?

well, it's not so much "stranger" than the following I suppose

"24/7".to_f => 24.0