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in thread Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me'

You missed the update :) 

$ perl -le " print int $_ for qw/ na nan nanners in inf infant /"
0
-1.#IND
-1.#IND
0
1.#INF
1.#INF

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Re^9: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me'
by lutok (Scribe) on Mar 06, 2012 at 11:31 UTC

    Saw the update later. I get it, thanks :)

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      Hey , say, that ought to be documented in perlnumber

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Re^9: Definition of numerically equal and rationale for 'you' == 'me'
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 06, 2012 at 21:58 UTC

    I didn't miss it, I misunderstood it. I thought you meant it was returning NaN for all strings, not just those starting with "nan".

    That's rather weird, but it is consistent with "123abc".

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      but it is consistent with "123abc"

      Exactly !! ... that's quite correct ... but it *wouldn't* be correct if (the intention of) pemungkah's assertion (point "2.") had been correct.
      And *that* is what prompted my post in the first place.

      That point "2." of pemungkah's that I refer to begins with "Move right character by character".

      Cheers (yeah, the anger subsides),
      Rob
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