Re: [Scheme-reports] Proposed language for 'eqv?' applied to inexact real numbers
John Cowan 13 Nov 2012 03:09 UTC
Mark H Weaver scripsit:
> The eqv? procedure returns #t if one of the following holds:
> [...]
>
> * obj_1 and obj_2 are both inexact real numbers, are not both
> representations of NaNs, and the implementation can prove that
> obj_1 and obj_2 are /operationally equivalent/.
What is the operational definition of "can prove"? I say my
implementation can't prove anything about inexacts, and then
(eqv? inexact1 inexact2) always returns #f.
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