Author: lwall
Date: 2009-10-22 17:55:21 +0200 (Thu, 22 Oct 2009)
New Revision: 28881
Modified:
docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
Log:
[S02] document desire to have decimal literals biased toward Rat storage
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod
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--- docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2009-10-22 15:31:38 UTC (rev 28880)
+++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S02-bits.pod 2009-10-22 15:55:21 UTC (rev 28881)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
Created: 10 Aug 2004
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2009
- Version: 184
+ Version: 185
This document summarizes Apocalypse 2, which covers small-scale
lexical items and typological issues. (These Synopses also contain
@@ -2694,6 +2694,12 @@
((1 / 2) * 3) / 4
+Decimal fractions not using "e" notation are also stored as C<Rat> values:
+
+ 6.02e23.WHAT # Num
+ 1.23456.WHAT # Rat
+ 1.1 == 11/100 # True
+
=item *
Complex literals are similarly indicated by writing an addition of
