Scheme - Re: R5RS numbers

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Re: R5RS numbers

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk

2004-09-21, 8:57 pm

Joe Marshall <jrm@ccs.neu.edu> writes:

> I should have been more precise: it is a property of *performing* an
> operation. For EXPT there are three situations:
>
> 1. The result of EXPT can be represented.
>
> 2. The result of EXPT cannot be represented, but the user has
> indicated that he wants the nearest representable value.
>
> 3. The result of EXPT cannot be represented, and no approximation
> acceptable to the user exists.

How would it be reflected in the programming interface?

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