[r6rs-discuss] The definition of flonum is in the wrong place

From: Paul Schlie <schlie>
Date: Sun Oct 8 13:52:12 2006

> Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
> I disagree. These predicates are used when regular arithmetic is no
> longer enough and special numbers must be treated separately, or when
> they are treated separately for transport. There are naturally three
> disjoint cases:
> * finite?
> * infinite?
> * nan?

as (fl< +nan.0 +inf.0) => #f, and considered a valid numerical
comparison, it would appear they are not numerically disjoint?

[although the draft is seemingly silent on (fl<= +nan.0 +inf.0)]

and why indefinite? may be a more appropriate name than infinite?
Received on Sun Oct 08 2006 - 13:51:36 UTC