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[18.26.2.123]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a185-v6sm952981qkg.57.2018.08.28.11.03.01 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:03:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c09::234 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:229023 Archived-At: On 2018-08-27 18:50, Richard Stallman wrote: > Only that it is a magic sequence that most programmers won't remember. > We could put it in the doc strings and manual. Python spells it float("+inf"), and I see it used fairly often there. I'd expect anyone who can remember most-positive-fixnum to quickly memorize 1.0e+INF :) (when I forget, I just eval (exp 9999999999999) and get 1.0e+INF as a reminder.)