Re: [Scheme-reports] Numerical example (real? -2.5+0.0i)

[John Cowan <cowan@x>]

Jussi Piitulainen scripsit:

> An example in July draft 6.2.5 shows (real? -2.5+0.0i) as #t. The text
> above the examples says (real? z) if and only if (zero? (imag-part z))
> and (exact? (imag-part z)). The imag-part is clearly not exact.
> 
> Would (real? -2.5+0i) => #t work, or does the decimal point in the
> real-part make the imag-part also inexact? How about -2+0i?

Yes, both should be true.  Fixed on trunk.

> Perhaps it is best to just change the value of the test to #f, or
> strike the whole example.

Changed to #f and the same example with "0i" added as #t.

> I notice also that one of the z's in that text is in italics and two
> are in fixed width.

Fixed.

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