Move nan flag to Modules/_testcapi/float.c and use bool

... and migrate another parisc detection to the new nan flag

Author: chenx97

Lib/test/test_capi/test_float.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import math
 import random
-import platform
 import sys
 import unittest
 import warnings
@@ -215,8 +214,8 @@ def test_pack_unpack_roundtrip_for_nans(self):
                     # PyFloat_Pack/Unpack*() API.  See also gh-130317 and
                     # e.g. https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/155064
                     signaling = 0
-                    if platform.machine().startswith('parisc'):
-                        # HP PA RISC uses 0 for quiet, see:
+                    if _testcapi.nan_msb_is_signaling:
+                        # HP PA RISC and some MIPS CPUs use 0 for quiet, see:
                         # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN#Encoding
                         signaling = 1
                 i = make_nan(size, sign, not signaling)

Lib/test/test_struct.py

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 INF = float('inf')
 NAN = float('nan')
 
-_testcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testcapi')
-
 def iter_integer_formats(byteorders=byteorders):
     for code in integer_codes:
         for byteorder in byteorders:
@@ -892,6 +890,7 @@ def test_module_func(self):
         self.assertRaises(StopIteration, next, it)
 
     def test_half_float(self):
+        _testcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testcapi')
         # Little-endian examples from:
         # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_precision_floating-point_format
         format_bits_float__cleanRoundtrip_list = [
@@ -936,7 +935,7 @@ def test_half_float(self):
 
         # Check that packing produces a bit pattern representing a quiet NaN:
         # all exponent bits and the msb of the fraction should all be 1.
-        if _testcapi.nan_encoding == 'parisc':
+        if _testcapi.nan_msb_is_signaling:
             # HP PA RISC and some MIPS CPUs use 0 for quiet, see:
             # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NaN#Encoding
             expected = 0x7c

Modules/_testcapi/float.c

@@ -171,5 +171,9 @@ _PyTestCapi_Init_Float(PyObject *mod)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    return 0;
+#if (defined(__mips__) && !defined(__mips_nan2008)) || defined(__hppa__)
+    return PyModule_Add(mod, "nan_msb_is_signaling", PyBool_FromLong(1));
+#else
+    return PyModule_Add(mod, "nan_msb_is_signaling", PyBool_FromLong(0));
+#endif
 }

Modules/_testcapimodule.c

@@ -3359,12 +3359,6 @@ _testcapi_exec(PyObject *m)
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "INT64_MAX", PyLong_FromInt64(INT64_MAX));
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "UINT64_MAX", PyLong_FromUInt64(UINT64_MAX));
 
-#if (defined(__mips__) && !defined(__mips_nan2008)) || defined(__hppa__)
-    PyModule_Add(m, "nan_encoding", PyUnicode_FromString("parisc"));
-#else
-    PyModule_Add(m, "nan_encoding", PyUnicode_FromString("regular"));
-#endif
-
     if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, _Py_STACK_GROWS_DOWN)) {
         return -1;
     }