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2.1.2.1 IEEE Special Values

CMUCL supports the IEEE infinity and NaN special values. These non-numeric values will only be generated when trapping is disabled for some floating point exception (see float-traps), so users of the default configuration need not concern themselves with special values.

Constant: extensions:short-float-positive-infinity ¶

Constant: extensions:short-float-negative-infinity ¶

Constant: extensions:single-float-positive-infinity ¶

Constant: extensions:single-float-negative-infinity ¶

Constant: extensions:double-float-positive-infinity ¶

Constant: extensions:double-float-negative-infinity ¶

Constant: extensions:long-float-positive-infinity ¶

Constant: extensions:long-float-negative-infinity ¶

The values of these constants are the IEEE positive and negative infinity objects for each float format.

Function: extensions:float-infinity-p x ¶

This function returns true if x is an IEEE float infinity (of either sign.) x must be a float.

Function: extensions:float-nan-p x ¶

Function: extensions:float-signaling-nan-p x ¶

Function: extensions:float-trapping-nan-p x ¶

float-nan-p returns true if x is an IEEE NaN (Not A Number) object. float-signaling-nan-p returns true only if x is a trapping NaN. With either function, x must be a float. float-trapping-nan-p is the former name of float-signaling-nan-p and is deprecated.