float('inf') isn't available everywhere, use 1e9 instead

mongodb · Nov 27, 2012 · 9219f8b · 9219f8b
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commit 9219f8b
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diff --git a/pymongo/common.py b/pymongo/common.py
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ def validate_positive_float(option, value):
     except (ValueError, TypeError):
         raise err
 
-    # float('inf') doesn't work in 2.4 or 2.5 on Windows, but this does
-    if not 0 < value < 1e100000:
+    # float('inf') doesn't work in 2.4 or 2.5 on Windows, so just cap floats at
+    # one billion - this is a reasonable approximation for infinity
+    if not 0 < value < 1e9:
         raise err
 
     return value