Re: [Scheme-reports] More NaN and Infsanity
John Cowan 30 Apr 2012 07:41 UTC
Peter Bex scripsit:
> What about (rationalize x y) where x or y are nan or inf?
> The notation seems to indicate that nan is allowed, since it's
> "real but not rational". However, that same sentence seems to
> indicate that rationalizing NaN would be an error.
Rationalizing infinity makes some sense, but rationalizing NaN does not,
at least not to me.
> On the other hand, R6RS seems to indicate that rationalize is
> allowed to return +nan.0, see its examples:
Indeed, which cannot be right: both R5RS and R6RS require that the result
be rational.
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