Re: Inconsistency: sometimes an integer, sometimes a float

[djc]

> Instead, write:
>     (defun float/ (dividend divisor &rest divisors)
>       (apply (function /) (float dividend) divisor divisors))

That's indeed consistent, but wouldn't work for my purposes, since what I 
really want is the millions group as an integer.  (And later perhaps also the 
billions... groups.)  Problem simplified, solved and generalized in the actual 
code in question at a slight decrease in speed that has no consequences in the 
context of its use.

djc