when transferring "special" Double/Float values, namely NaN, Infinity and -Infinity using prn/read mechanics, these values are received as Symbols. This surprised me quite a bit. Wouldn't it be a reasonable fix to prn these values as #=(java.lang.Double/valueOf "<symbol>") (<symbol> one of the above)?
At least in my REPL-Tests this seems works fine, e.g. (read-string "#=(java.lang.Double/valueOf \"Infinity\")") => Infinity (class (read-string "#=(java.lang.Double/valueOf \"Infinity\")")) => java.lang.Double ...Jochen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
