glibc/bits/inf.h

/* Default `INFINITY' constant.
   Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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#ifndef _MATH_H
# error "Never use <bits/inf.h> directly; include <math.h> instead."
#endif

/* If we don't have real infinity, then we're supposed to produce a float
   value that overflows at translation time, which is required to produce
   a diagnostic.  GCC's __builtin_inff produces a quite nice diagnostic
   that tells the user that the target doesn't support infinities.  */

#if __GNUC_PREREQ(3,3)
# define INFINITY	(__builtin_inff())
#else
# define INFINITY	(1e9999f)
#endif