Oops. I meant BigNum. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Sugalski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 1:47 PM To: Butler, Gerald; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Numeric semantics for base pmcs
At 1:42 PM -0400 8/24/04, Butler, Gerald wrote: >Shouldn't 4 also have potential to produce BigInt? Nope -- we don't have bigints. :) >-----Original Message----- >From: Dan Sugalski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 1:34 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Numeric semantics for base pmcs > > >Okay, so: > >1) We round to zero when going from float to int >2) Overflows, underflows, and division by zero throws an exception >3) All-float operations produce floats >4) Addition and subtraction of ints produces an int >5) Multiplication of two ints produces a bignum or an int, depending >on the result >6) Division of two ints produces a bignum >7) Strings are treated as floats for math operations >8) Any operation with a float and an int, string, or bool produces a float >9) Any operation with a bignum produces a bignum >10) The destination PMC is responsible for final conversion of the >inbound value > >That seem reasonable? -- Dan --------------------------------------it's like this------------------- Dan Sugalski even samurai [EMAIL PROTECTED] have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk The information contained in this e-mail message is privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by telephone (330-668-5000), and destroy the original message. Thank you.
