Re: [Scheme-reports] Complex numbers with infinities and NaN John Cowan (24 Aug 2011 20:59 UTC)

Re: [Scheme-reports] Complex numbers with infinities and NaN John Cowan 24 Aug 2011 20:59 UTC

Peter Bex scripsit:

> Another question:  Should (make-rectangular x y) be allowed if x
> and/or y are +inf, -inf or NaN, in any combination and what about
> make-polar?  Gambit, for example, disallows these.

The arguments of both procedures are real numbers, and +inf.0, -inf.0,
and +nan.0 are real numbers, so they should work.

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