But what should the result of _. +. 1 be, if not NaN?

Thanks,


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Raul

On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 2:46 PM Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> USING a NaN is not an error.  The result is undefined (sc whatever the
> hardware produces).  CREATING a NaN is an error.
>
>     _. = 4
> 0
>     _. + 4
> _.
>     _ % _
> |NaN error
> |   _    %_
>
> 1 +. _. is not a Boolean operation.  It's calculating the LCM.
>
> NANTEST calls the OS to see if any NaN-creating operations have been
> performed since the most recent NAN0.
>
> Henry Rich
>
>
> On 5/6/2022 2:35 PM, Raul Miller wrote:
> > Hmm... actually, there's a bunch of tests like this already there,
> > with comments that NaN errors are treated as zeros in this context.
> >
> > Which suggests that I was wrong about what the fix should be.
> >
> > I'll shut up now...
> >
>
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