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[BruceH]

(11-30-2017 02:16 AM)AlexFekken Wrote:  But, as a sanity check, from a mathematical perspective these special types of numbers have measure zero [...]

This is very true.

However, there are good, non-mathematical reasons for having such a function: I refer you to this excellent post from Valentin Albillo in which he determines the underlying cause of an HP-35S ROM bug by analysing the faulty values returned.