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From:
Damian Conway
Date:
October 9, 2001 22:53
Subject:
Re: NaN semantics
Message ID:
200110100553.PAA06429@indy05.csse.monash.edu.au
Tim suggested:
> How about punting by using nan (all lowercase)
> as a boolean logic not-a-number, leaving NaN
> for someone to (later) create an IEEE style
> tristate not-a-number.
Err, I think not. Having C<NaN> and C<nan> that differ so markedly in
behaviour is probably a Recipe For Disaster. Better to have a totally
different name if we must cowtow to the IEEE.
Besides, I know you just want this so you can:
write nan and pop;
;-)
Damian
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