Hi Mark,

Does the updated patch look okay? I'm making some related changes and it
would be easier if this patch was integrated.

Thanks!
-Steve


On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Steve Sprang <steve.sprang@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure thing. Here you go.
>
> -Steve
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote:
>
>> Steve Sprang <steve.sprang@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > This is a follow up tweak to my previous "progress bar" patch. With a
>> > really slow throughput it's possible to get fractional sub-KiB byte
>> > counts, so I added some additional number massaging.
>>
>> Sounds good!  Looks good to me except for a few minor nits on this
>> auxiliary procedure:
>>
>> > +(define (number->integer n)
>> > +  "Given an arbitrary number N, round it and return the exact result."
>> > +  (inexact->exact (round n)))
>>
>> How about calling it "nearest-exact-integer"?  Also, it makes sense only
>> for real numbers, not arbitrary numbers, and the variable name N is
>> conventionally used to denote natural numbers, and X for real numbers.
>>
>> So, how about naming the argument 'x', and using something closer to the
>> following docstring:
>>
>>   "Given a real number X, return the nearest exact integer, with ties
>> going to the nearest exact even integer."
>>
>> Otherwise, looks good to me.  Can you send an updated patch?
>>
>>       Mark
>>
>
>