proposed language change to int/int==float (was: PEP0238 lament)

[Bruce Sass]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Tim Peters wrote:
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> Scheme has literal notations allowing to explictly say that an integer
> literal is inexact, and that a floating literal is exact, when appropriate.

This is the first scheme I've noticed mentioned that recognizes the
difference between a number and the representation of a number.

Does `float' having a hardware implementation elevate it to being a
number?  Does it matter?


> exactness-is-neither-a-type-nor-an-operation-property-ly y'rs  - tim

and-a-representation-alone-is-not-know-to-be-exact-ly y'rs

- Bruce