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From: Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: real numbers and integer-expt.
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 15:23:14 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87u1rkgo1p.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <873cz4nuer.fsf@zagadka.ping.de> (Marius Vollmer's message of "13 Mar 2002 20:23:56 +0100")

Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de> writes:

> Yes.  Floats can be integers, too.  However, there's a bug
> nevertheless: floats can represent integers that don't fit into 32
> bit ints.  Also, complex numbers can be ints as well.  Also also,
> the docstring talks about non-negative powers, but the code handles
> negative ones as well.

OK, so I'll fix that.  What would be the right way (c-side) to handle
a negative arg?  i.e. what would be the right error func?  (obviously
not WTA).

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Rob Browning
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-03-13 21:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-13  8:36 real numbers and integer-expt Rob Browning
2002-03-13 19:23 ` Marius Vollmer
2002-03-13 21:23   ` Rob Browning [this message]
2002-03-13 21:32   ` Rob Browning
2002-03-13 21:48   ` Rob Browning
2002-03-20 22:32     ` Marius Vollmer
2002-03-20 22:54       ` Rob Browning

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