Re: [Chicken-janitors] Re: [Chicken-bugs] #309: R5RS inexact number read/write invariance

[Elf]

link to the paper?

-elf

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Chicken Scheme wrote:

> #309: R5RS inexact number read/write invariance
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>  Reporter:  kon             |       Owner:  kon
>      Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  assigned
>  Priority:  trivial         |   Milestone:
> Component:  core libraries  |     Version:  2.6
> Resolution:                  |    Keywords:  inexact i/o invariance
> -----------------------------+----------------------------------------------
> Comment (by iraikov):
>
> This problem is not exactly trivial, even though it is marked as such. The
> paper _How to Read Floating Point Numbers_ by Will Clinger might
> illuminate the issue somewhat.