Re: Reverting eqv? behavior for signed zeros and nans to 1.6 semantics

2006-07-18 Thread Kevin Ryde
Per Bothner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> | From: Marius Vollmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> | Specifically, 'eqv?' would be changed to return '#t' when comparing >> | negative and positive zero: >> | >> | (eqv? 0.0 -0.0) => #t > > I missed the explanation for why this might be desirable. P

Re: docstrings and snarfing

2006-07-18 Thread Neil Jerram
dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 17:19 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Doc snarfing of C code is done in several stages. >> >> [...] FWIW, this area is on my medium-term mental roadmap, because in my view online help is more useful when you have a more efficient in

Re: Reverting eqv? behavior for signed zeros and nans to 1.6 semantics

2006-07-18 Thread Per Bothner
> | From: Marius Vollmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | Specifically, 'eqv?' would be changed to return '#t' when comparing > | negative and positive zero: > | > | (eqv? 0.0 -0.0) => #t I missed the explanation for why this might be desirable. I don't think it is the Right Thing. Arguments from