From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marius Vollmer Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: ratio implementation Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:26:18 +0200 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87pth9cbmt.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> References: <3F250809.9030108@ccrma.stanford.edu> <87smmyibk7.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> <3F6637EC.7010004@dirk-herrmanns-seiten.de> <3F66F68B.3070100@ccrma.stanford.edu> <3F6A1F1A.8000507@dirk-herrmanns-seiten.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065540605 14648 80.91.224.253 (7 Oct 2003 15:30:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Bill Schottstaedt , guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 07 17:30:01 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6tmj-0007xe-00 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:30:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6tlg-0003Ex-2W for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:28:56 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A6tji-00022M-Ed for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:26:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1A6tjA-0001mW-WC for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:26:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [129.217.163.1] (helo=mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A6tjA-0001mB-EK for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:26:20 -0400 Original-Received: from zagadka.ping.de (unknown [192.168.2.2]) by mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 87DFF10C6E for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:26:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 30805 invoked by uid 1000); 7 Oct 2003 15:26:18 -0000 Original-To: Dirk Herrmann In-Reply-To: <3F6A1F1A.8000507@dirk-herrmanns-seiten.de> (Dirk Herrmann's message of "Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:09:46 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2849 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2849 Dirk Herrmann writes: > When introducing exact rationals, which are represented internally > as a pair of two exact integer values, we should not name them > rationals, but, for example, fractions. > > The reason I mention this is that I want to avoid a macro > SCM_RATIONAL_P to be introduced: The meaning of such a macro would not > be clear, since it might either be expected to return the equivalent > of rational? or just return true if an object was detected with an > internal representation of a fraction. Yes, very good point. Bill, please name your data type "fraction". -- GPG: D5D4E405 - 2F9B BCCC 8527 692A 04E3 331E FAF8 226A D5D4 E405 _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel