2011/10/14 Ankur Sethi <get.me.an...@gmail.com>: > [...] > I've been wondering what the postfix hash syntax does. This is what > happens when I append a # to an integer: > > > 9# > 90.0 > > 9## > 900.0 > > 9##### > 900000.0 > [...]
Hello, if I'm not mistaken, this syntax was introduced by R5RS to indicate inexact numbers. The '#' character essentially represents a digit that is not known with certainty. See, for example, http://www.schemers.org/Documents/Standards/R5RS/HTML/r5rs-Z-H-9.html#%_sec_6.2.4 for further reference. Ciao, Thomas -- When C++ is your hammer, every problem looks like your thumb. _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
