Re: [PATCH] Miscellaneous for 2.0

[Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>]

Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> writes:
> I saw your message and thought this should hit the list:
>
> On Sat 12 Feb 2011 20:45, Mark Weaver <WEBMAIL_ADDRESS_REMOVED> writes:
>
>> BTW, this is all based on my experience adding new number types to
>> guile.  I have a local branch in which both arbitrary precision floats
>> and complex numbers with arbitrary component types are implemented
>> entirely in scheme, and all the core numeric procedures are
>> implemented to full precision, including transcendental operations,
>> and all of it passes numbers.test.  Even things like the numeric type
>> predicates (number?, real? et al), and eqv? and equal? work as they
>> should for these numbers.  I was trying to get it ready for 2.0, but
>> decided to wait.
>
> Very neat stuff!

Thanks, Andy.  I'll post patches and write more about this soon, but for
now I don't want to distract from the 2.0 release.

BTW, please don't expect me to see anything you send to that webmail
account.  I created it for emergency use only, and check it once per
blue moon, probably less.

    Best,
     Mark