From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tom Tromey Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Making 'eq' == 'eql' in bignum branch Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:12:57 -0600 Message-ID: <87tvne7f6e.fsf@tromey.com> References: <29f933ac-a6bf-8742-66a7-0a9d6d3e5a88@disroot.org> <877em1cb0i.fsf@tromey.com> <765767b2-d2e5-a9a6-f724-d58ecf4847bb@cs.ucla.edu> <76081b5d-8c10-0a37-2c97-d4864c0faa80@cs.ucla.edu> <09153aed-361d-4f82-d9ac-b502314769ae@cs.ucla.edu> <83lg91dqd4.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1535465557 4038 195.159.176.226 (28 Aug 2018 14:12:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:12:37 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: =?utf-8?B?Q2zDg8KpbWVudA==?= Pit-Claudel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 28 16:12:33 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fuejQ-0000uD-0l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:12:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38409 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fuelW-00057b-AG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:14:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48872) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fuekn-00056U-It for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:13:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fuekj-0002n4-JQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:13:57 -0400 Original-Received: from gateway36.websitewelcome.com ([50.116.127.2]:15426) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fuekj-0002Ql-0A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:13:53 -0400 Original-Received: from cm10.websitewelcome.com (cm10.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.4]) by gateway36.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADDE4400C8432 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:17:44 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id uejqfkpQ6BcCXuekEfFGsY; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:13:39 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=3dZJ0YHetzd/9aTdChml0hGM+OlgsBwwTA/HFuhIaWI=; b=WBWmgKcla1gTkLbp4fZGZkQM9o QM+SDdUstFwL+8hr0tp4DKGdBv3yWJJyiRb6DSLksAOFGND0J0mV5wPyvgPex32zYgA2NOyf2qbIP rERWblS3jw75wcT121YvjZ5bc; Original-Received: from 75-166-85-72.hlrn.qwest.net ([75.166.85.72]:45974 helo=pokyo) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fuejp-001C8L-Ue; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 09:12:58 -0500 X-Attribution: Tom In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:50:39 -0400") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 75.166.85.72 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1fuejp-001C8L-Ue X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 75-166-85-72.hlrn.qwest.net (pokyo) [75.166.85.72]:45974 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 3 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 50.116.127.2 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:229010 Archived-At: >>>>> "RMS" == Richard Stallman writes: RMS> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] RMS> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] RMS> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] >> I usually use 1.0e+INF and -1.0e+INF when I need a neutral element >> for min and max respectively, rather than most-positive-fixnum. >> Is there anything wrong with that? RMS> Only that it is a magic sequence that most programmers won't remember. RMS> We could put it in the doc strings and manual. How about adding (defconst Infinity 1.0e+INF) to subr.el? That would be easier to remember. Tom