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

[Andre van Tonder <andre@x>]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Jussi Piitulainen wrote:

> 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.

Just off the cuff I thought fully known concrete finite-recision reals such as 
0.0 were exact.  How is it not?  There is no uncertainty (no hashes indicated), 
so it is mathematically equal to an exact rational number.


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