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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). > > Who spoke of switching models? So how would you support IEEE and non-IEEE inexact reals at the same time? Which of them would the syntax like "3.14" resolve to? -- __("< Marcin Kowalczyk \__/ qrczak@xxxxxxxxxx ^^ http://qrnik.knm.org.pl/~qrczak/