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Re: reading NaNs

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Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> To the contrary, I think requesting *any* model should be explicit.
>
> Can you help me out here by explaining *why* it is so painful to be
> explicit?

Because I see no sane way of *switching* models. They shouldn't be
changed, they should be added (adding new numeric types, extending
existing operations - not replacing).

I don't know what to do about literal syntax.

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