#14875: Use float('inf') instead of float('1e66666') in the json module.
diff --git a/Lib/json/encoder.py b/Lib/json/encoder.py
index 4b214eb..75b7f49 100644
--- a/Lib/json/encoder.py
+++ b/Lib/json/encoder.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
ESCAPE_DCT.setdefault(chr(i), '\\u{0:04x}'.format(i))
#ESCAPE_DCT.setdefault(chr(i), '\\u%04x' % (i,))
-# Assume this produces an infinity on all machines (probably not guaranteed)
-INFINITY = float('1e66666')
+INFINITY = float('inf')
FLOAT_REPR = repr
def encode_basestring(s):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1540478..ec5cd98 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
Library
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+- Issue #14875: Use float('inf') instead of float('1e66666') in the json module.
+
- Issue #14426: Correct the Date format in Expires attribute of Set-Cookie
Header in Cookie.py.