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Re: rationalize returns inexact results.
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Bill Schottstaedt |
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Re: rationalize returns inexact results. |
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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:33:45 -0700 |
> Since Guile now supports exact rationals, shouldn't it return an exact result?
I actually agree with you (I implemented rationalize in Guile, and originally
it always returned a ratio -- why else call it "rationalize"?), but Marius
pointed out that R5RS says "With the exception of inexact->exact, the
operations described in this section must generally return inexact results
when given any inexact arguments" in the section including rationalize.
I doubt that R6RS fixed this bug. So, to get an exact result you need to
give exact arguments:
guile> (rationalize (inexact->exact .33) 1/10)
1/3