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Re: [Chicken-users] Exact flownums not properly displayed in mingw


From: Jim Ursetto
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] Exact flownums not properly displayed in mingw
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 11:31:43 -0500

If you're really concerned about this (which is ultimately aesthetic) then you 
should consider setting flonum-print-precision to 17, which will make an actual 
difference in rare cases.  
http://api.call-cc.org/doc/library/flonum-print-precision

On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Michele La Monaca <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:44 PM, John Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Chicken uses the local C's idea of number-to-string conversion.
> 
> Not the best approach I think. I would rather prefer a consistent behavior.
> 
>> Since "1." is a valid Scheme inexact number, that's perfectly fine.
> 
> Being a valid Scheme number it's not a valid reason to dislay it as it is, 
> IMHO.
> 
> Michele
> 
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