Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems pretty clear that the general opinion is that operations > should produce the tightest reasonable type for an operation--integer > multiplication should produce an integer unless it can't, for example. > > For our purposes I think the typing should go: > > platform int->float->bignum > > with an operation producing a type no tighter than the loosest type > in the operation. (so int/float gives a float, float-bignum gives a > bignum) > > This seem reasonable?
No. int->bignum->float In other words, floats only happen if you specifically introduce them (or take a square root or something).
