Re: comparison operators and *typos
Paul Schlie 01 Jul 2005 00:11 UTC
> If we make (/ +1 0.0) ==> #i+1/0, then (/ -1 0.0) ==> #i-1/0.
> This choice is arbitrary; ...
- which seems very reasonable.
> | > Inexact infinities have reciprocals: zero. Their reciprocals
> | > are not unique, but that is already the case with IEEE-754
> | > floating-point representations:
> ...
> Zero is at the center of 0.0's neighborhood. R5RS division by 0.0
> is an error; leaving latitude for SRFI-70's response.
- also seems very reasonable, and provide the opportunity to reconsider
eliminating IEEE-754's otherwise inconsistent asymmetry, by defining:
(/ #i-0/1) => #i-1/0 ; -inf.0
(/ #i+0/1) => #i+1/0 ; +inf.0
thereby truly consistently symmetric with the above:
(/ #i-1/0) => #i-0/1 ; -0.0
(/ #i+1/0) => #i+0/1 ; +0.0
> Most neighborhoods mapping through functions project onto adjacent
> neighborhoods. But / near 0 is not the only function which does not.
> TAN near pi/2 is another example.
- and please reconsider this may be consistently symmetrically defined:
[where ~ denotes a value being simultaneously positive and negative]
(/ #i~0) => #i~1/0 ; ~inf.0
(/ #i~1/0) => #i~0 ; ~0.0
(tan pi/2) => #i~1/0 ; ~inf.0
(abs ~inf.0) => +inf.0
(- (abs ~inf.0) => -inf.0
(abs ~0.0) => +0.0
(- (abs ~0.0)) -0.0
(+ +0.0 -0.0) => ~0.0
Where I believe it's reasonable to redefine the use of IEEE's NAN
values to encode these values, as arguably ~inf.0 may be thought
of as being NAN, and ~0.0 as being 1/NAN (leaving 0.0 == +0.0)