[Help-smalltalk] [bug] Number comparisons not transitive

[Paolo Bonzini]

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http://smalltalk.gnu.org/node/275
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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    Base classes
Category:     bug reports
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  bonzinip
Updated by:   bonzinip
Status:       active

See http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=3374

a := 16rFFFFFFFFFFFFF81.
b := 16rFFFFFFFFFFFFF82.
c := a asFloat.
{a = b.
 a = c.
 b = c.}

gives

(false true true )

(should all be false).

To fix this one would need to define a separate generality for
comparisons and arithmetic, and adjust hashes similarly.