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Re: [Scheme-reports] Formal Comment: R7RS 'eqv?' cannot be used for reliable memoization



Alan Watson scripsit:

> §6.2.4 (in the last paragraph of the first column of page 34) states
> that "negative zero is an inexact real value written -0.0 which is
> distinct (in the sense of eqv?) from 0.0." As we have discussed, this
> is only true if inexacts conform to IEEE 754-2008. I would suggest
> qualifying the statement appropriately.

Fixed.

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