Re: [Scheme-reports] Proposed language for 'eqv?' applied to inexact real numbers John Cowan (13 Nov 2012 03:14 UTC)

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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