NaN's
Paul Schlie
(29 Oct 2005 15:50 UTC)
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Re: NaN's
Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
(29 Oct 2005 16:39 UTC)
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Re: NaN's
Paul Schlie
(29 Oct 2005 18:22 UTC)
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Re: NaN's
Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
(29 Oct 2005 19:14 UTC)
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Re: NaN's
Paul Schlie
(29 Oct 2005 22:49 UTC)
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Error objects in general
bear
(29 Oct 2005 19:46 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
(29 Oct 2005 20:22 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
bear
(30 Oct 2005 05:57 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
(30 Oct 2005 14:17 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Alan Watson
(29 Oct 2005 21:26 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
bear
(30 Oct 2005 05:40 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Taylor Campbell
(30 Oct 2005 05:45 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
bear
(30 Oct 2005 06:08 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Taylor Campbell
(30 Oct 2005 16:49 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Alan Watson
(30 Oct 2005 05:54 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
bear
(30 Oct 2005 06:07 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general Alan Watson (30 Oct 2005 06:46 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Paul Schlie
(30 Oct 2005 12:39 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Paul Schlie
(30 Oct 2005 13:04 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
John.Cowan
(30 Oct 2005 16:30 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Alan Watson
(30 Oct 2005 20:29 UTC)
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Re: Error objects in general
Alan Watson
(30 Oct 2005 13:17 UTC)
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bear wrote: > It's different because #f is a useful value, not a signal that some > operation failed or was invalid. #f is often used to signal failure. For examples, look no further than string->number and assoc. > In general, operations that are > supposed to retrieve a value can fail, and then what value do they > return? Yup, you've identified one of the oldest problems in interface design. Alan -- Dr Alan Watson Centro de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica Universidad Astronómico Nacional de México