From: W. H. Wang Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 13:34:49 +0000 (+0800) Subject: Update NaNs handling description in `c-api/float.rst` (#141179) X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=920286d6b296f9971fc79e14ec22966f8f7a7b90;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Update NaNs handling description in `c-api/float.rst` (#141179) Clarified the behavior of NaNs on IEEE platforms regarding signaling and quiet NaNs. --- diff --git a/Doc/c-api/float.rst b/Doc/c-api/float.rst index 1085c32a5370..edee498a0b80 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/float.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/float.rst @@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ NaNs (if such things exist on the platform) isn't handled correctly, and attempting to unpack a bytes string containing an IEEE INF or NaN will raise an exception. -Note that NaNs type may not be preserved on IEEE platforms (silent NaN become -quiet), for example on x86 systems in 32-bit mode. +Note that NaNs type may not be preserved on IEEE platforms (signaling NaN become +quiet NaN), for example on x86 systems in 32-bit mode. On non-IEEE platforms with more precision, or larger dynamic range, than IEEE 754 supports, not all values can be packed; on non-IEEE platforms with less