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@@ -1374,8 +1374,8 @@ Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.
of the zero. (Fixed by Mark T. Dickinson; :issue:`1507`)
* More floating-point features were also added. The :func:`float` function
- will now turn the strings ``+nan`` and ``-nan`` into the corresponding
- IEEE 754 Not A Number values, and ``+inf`` and ``-inf`` into
+ will now turn the string ``nan`` into an
+ IEEE 754 Not A Number value, and ``+inf`` and ``-inf`` into
positive or negative infinity. This works on any platform with
IEEE 754 semantics. (Contributed by Christian Heimes; :issue:`1635`.)