Re: [Scheme-reports] Proposal for New Complex Number Syntax

[Andrew Robbins <andjrob@x>]

Stefan,

Also, that grammar doesn't support inf/nan.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Stefan Edwards <saedwards.ecc@x> wrote:
> There is also the grammar as it is laid out in TSPL3:
>
> http://scheme.com/tspl3/grammar.html#./grammar:h0
>
> Which is similar to what Mr. Robbin's wrote above, save for hoisting the '+'
> & '-' rules into the complex production above.
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM, John Cowan <cowan@x> wrote:
>>
>> Andrew Robbins scripsit:
>>
>> > On a more serious note, is there any harm in rewriting
>> > the current syntax a little more clearly? For example:
>>
>> I like this proposal.  I have asked a friend of mine who knows how to
>> use proof engines to see if this grammar is equivalent to the existing
>> grammar.
>>
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