@nikomatsakis non-stop execution of numerical code outside its domain of definition.
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@graydon_moz thanks for the citation. It's unclear to me why an exception or Nan == nan wouldn't be better, will read (no doubt "tradeoffs") - 1 more reply
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@nikomatsakis Exceptions are too expensive. -
@samth Because they are expected to occur? Or it's just too painful having the machinery to manage them? If the latter, why signaling NaN? - 2 more replies
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@nikomatsakis I am happy to help you understand this. Not a simple topic though. :-)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@nikomatsakis I was wondering when you'd get to that conclusion.
And then, how about Inf?
And -0.0 vs. 0.0?
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@nikomatsakis NaN is an error state. I guess Thomas could tell you how it makes the HW impl. easier.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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