Document evaluating complex number for infinity

2019-10-25 12:03:03 -04:00
parent 34a02121ad
commit 3c7fbe2d8b
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/src/_pytest/python_api.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/python_api.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class ApproxScalar(ApproxBase):
        """

        # Infinities aren't compared using tolerances, so don't show a
-        # tolerance.
+        # tolerance. Need to call abs to handle complex numbers, e.g. (inf + 1j)
        if math.isinf(abs(self.expected)):
            return str(self.expected)