Re: numeri

[Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>]

In article <jwvy6z2xi4x.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> (get-char-code-property ?4 'numeric-value)
> > Actually, why not make the above return the number 4?  The Unicode

> Agreed.  It says `numeric-value' so it should return a number.
> I understand that 1/5 cannot be represented exactly as a number in Elisp
> right now, but the floating point approximation should be sufficient: we
> can recover the /15 fraction from it, if really needed, by considering
> additional assumptions such as "this is the numeric value of a unicode
> char".

Ok, I've just committed changes to make the above return an
integer or a floating point (if non-nil).

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Kenichi Handa
handa@ni.aist.go.jp