Range "max" method does not handle Infinity

Bugs item #4555, was opened at 2006-05-24 04:37
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Status: Open
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Priority: 3
Submitted By: James Masters (jamesm76)
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Summary: Range "max" method does not handle
Infinity

Initial Comment:
> a = 1.0/0
=> Infinity

(0..a).max

[system hangs...]

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Hi,

In message "Re: [ ruby-Bugs-4555 ] Range
"max" method does not handle Infinity"
    on Wed, 24 May 2006 13:37:59 +0900, noreplyrubyforge.org writes:

|Summary: Range "max" method does not handle
Infinity
|
|Initial Comment:
|> a = 1.0/0
|=> Infinity
|
|(0..a).max
|
|[system hangs...]

It is supported by 1.9.  I'm not sure it should be
backported to 1.8
or not, since it is a major behavior change.

							matz.

On 24/05/06, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matzruby-lang.org> wrote:
>
> It is supported by 1.9.  I'm not sure it should be
backported to 1.8
> or not, since it is a major behavior change.


If it hangs the system in 1.8, it should be fixed since
hanging can never be
a good behavior.