Re: R5RS numbers

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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