Re: [Scheme-reports] ballot question #229: EQV? and NaN John Cowan (29 Sep 2011 20:29 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] ballot question #229: EQV? and NaN Alex Shinn (30 Sep 2011 00:45 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] ballot question #229: EQV? and NaN Alex Shinn (30 Sep 2011 04:21 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] ballot question #229: EQV? and NaN John Cowan (30 Sep 2011 06:06 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] ballot question #229: EQV? and NaN John Cowan (30 Sep 2011 04:39 UTC)

Re: [Scheme-reports] ballot question #229: EQV? and NaN Alex Shinn 30 Sep 2011 04:20 UTC

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Alex Shinn <alexshinn@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> By all means, but the ballot item was unclear and
> will require a re-vote.  In the meantime, the draft
> we submit with the call for formal comments will
> need to revert to either R5RS (unspecified) or R6RS.

Sorry, still catching up on this.  The R5RS description
of `eqv?' is completely unambiguous in requiring the
"different" semantics.

R6RS loosened the semantics slightly to make NaN
`eqv?' comparisons unspecified.

Neither the "same" semantics (used only by SCM) nor
the "same*" semantics are described by any standard.

Pending a re-vote I'll change the draft to the unspecified
(R6RS) semantics, and urge people to vote for this.  As
I stated in my rationale, this is the de facto standard
anyway.

--
Alex

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