On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 15:46, Dave Whipp wrote: > Just wondering, are we going to have semantics similar to the old NaN Vs > Signaling-Nan in IEEE floating point? An IEE NaN has an N-bit field where > the source of the NaN can place a value representing the reason for the NaN. > It can also set a flag which selects between two behaviors:
Didn't we decide that NaN was a reserved word and should never be spoken again, especially with respect to undef? ;-) Seriously, though, I think there's some detail in terms of standard library that have to get covered before it makes sense to explore this in much depth. -- Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Systems Engineer and Toolsmith "It's the sound of a satellite saying, 'get me down!'" -Shriekback
