From eb3a3b296028b03d3ac0bd1b5b9ccdbe759531ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lars Mueller <appgurulars@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:58:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use math constants

---
 binary.lua | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/binary.lua b/binary.lua
index 03bdd67..c8d7f47 100644
--- a/binary.lua
+++ b/binary.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 local assert, math_huge, math_frexp, math_floor
 	= assert, math.huge, math.frexp, math.floor
 
+local positive_nan, negative_nan = modlib.math.positive_nan, modlib.math.negative_nan
+
 -- Set environment
 local _ENV = {}
 setfenv(1, _ENV)
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@ function read_float(read_byte, double)
 			return sign * math_huge
 		end
 		-- Differentiating quiet and signalling nan is not possible in Lua, hence we don't have to do it
-		-- HACK ((0/0)^1) yields nan, 0/0 yields -nan
-		return sign == 1 and ((0/0)^1) or 0/0
+		return sign == 1 and positive_nan or negative_nan
 	end
 	assert(mantissa < 1)
 	if exponent == 0 then