Applied patch #1635: Float patch for inf and nan on Windows (and other platforms).
The patch unifies float("inf") and repr(float("inf")) on all platforms.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 1e71198..756d722 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -434,7 +434,8 @@
Convert a string or a number to floating point. If the argument is a string, it
must contain a possibly signed decimal or floating point number, possibly
- embedded in whitespace. Otherwise, the argument may be a plain or long integer
+ embedded in whitespace. The argument may also be [+|-]nan or [+|-]inf.
+ Otherwise, the argument may be a plain or long integer
or a floating point number, and a floating point number with the same value
(within Python's floating point precision) is returned. If no argument is
given, returns ``0.0``.
@@ -446,9 +447,10 @@
single: Infinity
When passing in a string, values for NaN and Infinity may be returned, depending
- on the underlying C library. The specific set of strings accepted which cause
- these values to be returned depends entirely on the C library and is known to
- vary.
+ on the underlying C library. Float accepts the strings nan, inf and -inf for
+ NaN and positive or negative infinity. The case and a leading + are ignored as
+ well as a leading - is ignored for NaN. Float always represents NaN and infinity
+ as nan, inf or -inf.
The float type is described in :ref:`typesnumeric`.