prometheus/model/value/value.go

// Copyright 2016 The Prometheus Authors
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package value

import (
	"math"
)

const (
	// NormalNaN is a quiet NaN. This is also math.NaN().
	NormalNaN uint64 = 0x7ff8000000000001

	// StaleNaN is a signaling NaN, due to the MSB of the mantissa being 0.
	// This value is chosen with many leading 0s, so we have scope to store more
	// complicated values in the future. It is 2 rather than 1 to make
	// it easier to distinguish from the NormalNaN by a human when debugging.
	StaleNaN uint64 = 0x7ff0000000000002
)

// IsStaleNaN returns true when the provided NaN value is a stale marker.
func IsStaleNaN(v float64) bool {
	return math.Float64bits(v) == StaleNaN
}