On Jan 23, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Andy Fingerhut <andy.finger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hash consistency is certainly nice, but if Clojure were changed such that (= 
> float-val double-val) were always false, and no other changes were made, it 
> would lead to this situation:
> 
> user=> (<= (float 1.5) (double 1.5))
> true
> user=> (>= (float 1.5) (double 1.5))
> true
> user=> (= (float 1.5) (double 1.5))
> false

I'd argue you should be using == if you care about that particular property. 
And note that this can already happen with BigDecimals:

user=> (>= 10M 10)
true
user=> (<= 10M 10)
true
user=> (= 10M 10)
false

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Clojure" group.
To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com
Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your 
first post.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Clojure" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Reply via email to