Re: gparamspecs.c param_double_validate() doesn't support NaN/Inf?

[Yu Feng <rainwoodman gmail com>]

Logically this doesn't work, because G_MAXDOUBLE is smaller than Inf and
NaN is not part of the ordered double numbers.

Why can't one use -Inf and Inf to create GParamSpec?

Yu
On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 12:17 -0500, Andrew Paprocki wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 cornell edu> wrote:
> > But I don't disagree that NaN or +/- inf should be allowed, assuming
> > a restriction such as the above isn't in place for the particular
> > instance of GParamSpecDouble.
> 
> This brings up an interesting question.. if the GParamSpecDouble
> minimum/maximum are -G_MAXDOUBLE/G_MAXDOUBLE, should NaN/Inf be
> allowed, otherwise not? That would allow a patch to add the
> functionality without adding new fields to the GParamSpecDouble
> structure. What does everyone think? Explicit, modifying the
> structure, or implicit based upon the existing values?
> 
> -Andrew
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