Re: [Scheme-reports] numeric tower Bill Schottstaedt 27 Apr 2014 18:01 UTC

1) Should R7RS-large require arbitrarily large (up to implementation
restrictions like memory) exact integers?

No.

2) Should R7RS-large require support for exact rational numbers?

No.

3) Should R7RS-large require support for exact complex numbers?

No.  This strikes me as ridiculous.
(make-polar 1 1) -> 0.5403023058681398+0.8414709848078965i.

4) Should R7RS-large require inexact complex numbers, to consist of
pairs of 64-bit IEEE binary floats?

No.  I've been using multiprecision reals and complex numbers in s7
since 2009 (via gmp, mpfr, and mpc) -- I don't know what format they
use, but I certainly don't want to be limited to 64 bits.

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