[r6rs-discuss] Two questions about writing inexact numbers

From: Alan Watson <alan>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:07:56 -0500

(a) Are put-datum (and write) required to write inexact numbers
according to the restrictions placed on number->string (i.e., the
minumum number of digits necessary to be eqv? on round-trip conversion)?

(b) Is there a simple way to write a flonum in a way that will always be
read as a flonum (i.e., with an e exponent and no explicit mantissa
precision)?

My reading of the latest draft suggests that the answers are "No" and
"No". Hmm.

Regards,

Alan
Received on Wed May 23 2007 - 18:07:56 UTC