From: "NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <nahi@...>
Date: 2003-01-23T19:43:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Accessing Infinity

Hi,

> From: "Robert Klemme" <bob.news@gmx.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:13 PM

> Or if you want to assign them at all. "x = Float::Infinity" is much cleaner
> and better to read than "x = 1.0/0.0".

I used kind of "1.0/0.0" workarounds in soap4r.  It's for mapping
XML Schema instance to Ruby's object, not for comparing.
I'm happy with Float::Infinity but there must be few person
who use it...

And, other than Float::Infinity, what are good names for
-Infinity, +0, -0, and NaN?
NegativeInfinity, Zero, NegativeZero, NaN?

Regards,
// NaHi