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Bret Jolly
I can't get BigDecimal to generate a -Infinity,
using the same tricks that used to work with BigFloat.
irb(main):001:0> require 'bigdecimal'
true
irb(main):002:0> c = BigDecimal.new("1")/BigDecimal.new("0")
#<BigDecimal:400cc144,'Infinity',4(24)>
irb(main):003:0> c = -c
#<BigDecimal:400c43e0,'+Infinity',4(12)>
irb(main):004:0> c = BigDecimal.new("-1")/BigDecimal.new("0")
#<BigDecimal:400b64d4,'+Infinity',4(24)>
irb(main):005:0> c = BigDecimal.new("1")/BigDecimal.new("-0")
#<BigDecimal:4008b924,'+Infinity',4(24)>
BigDecimal also does not compare with Float, though it
does apparently compare with Integer.
irb(main):006:0> c = BigDecimal.new("3.0")
#<BigDecimal:40109508,'0.3E1',4(8)>
irb(main):007:0> c < 7
true
irb(main):008:0> c < 7.0
false
This is the BigDecimal class that comes with Ruby 1.8.0
Regards, Bret
using the same tricks that used to work with BigFloat.
irb(main):001:0> require 'bigdecimal'
true
irb(main):002:0> c = BigDecimal.new("1")/BigDecimal.new("0")
#<BigDecimal:400cc144,'Infinity',4(24)>
irb(main):003:0> c = -c
#<BigDecimal:400c43e0,'+Infinity',4(12)>
irb(main):004:0> c = BigDecimal.new("-1")/BigDecimal.new("0")
#<BigDecimal:400b64d4,'+Infinity',4(24)>
irb(main):005:0> c = BigDecimal.new("1")/BigDecimal.new("-0")
#<BigDecimal:4008b924,'+Infinity',4(24)>
BigDecimal also does not compare with Float, though it
does apparently compare with Integer.
irb(main):006:0> c = BigDecimal.new("3.0")
#<BigDecimal:40109508,'0.3E1',4(8)>
irb(main):007:0> c < 7
true
irb(main):008:0> c < 7.0
false
This is the BigDecimal class that comes with Ruby 1.8.0
Regards, Bret