At Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:37:24 -0600, Neil Toronto wrote: > Anyway, I've decided to regard `log' (with huge rationals) and `sqrt' > (with perfect squares) as anomalies, because I'm finding more examples > that don't work. [...] > > It's actually a bit of a relief that I don't have to worry about this.
That sounds right to me. At Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:00:31 -0600, Neil Toronto wrote: > Apparently, argument reduction only happens to reals, and only in a few > functions. (But I'm glad it does, because the plot library uses `log' to > format huge numbers.) I think the general rule, if you could call it a rule, has been "try harder when it seems useful for something". _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
