Re: One more oddity with gcc and vax floats...

> docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html says that python
> numbers.Real "represent machine-level double precision floating-point
> numbers", going on to say "You are at the mercy of the underlying
> [hardware/software implementation] for the accepted range and handling
> of overflow".  If the test suite still fails on VAXen, I would say it's
> broken to the point that filing a bug report against the test suite is
> appropriate.

Perhaps the gatekeepers represent a small, vocal minority, but a few of 
the Python folks got VERY upset at the idea of supporting non-IEEE 
floating point.

It might be worth trying again. Perhaps they've forgotten me by now, or 
someone else can suggest having the option to skip NaN / infinity tests. 
We could say it's for an embedded environment with software floating point 
so we don't upset the gatekeepers.

John