Re: meta-comment on typing
Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk 06 Oct 2005 07:01 UTC
Per Bothner <xxxxxx@bothner.com> writes:
> Since it *optional* static typing, I'm assuming that the specific
> operations are "consistent" in the sense of the following example:
>
> If (and (fixnum? x) (fixnum? y))
> then: (eqv? (+ x y) (fx+ x y))
It's not the same: (fx+ x y) returns a fixnum even if it overflows.
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