On 10/31/2016 02:49 PM, John Brant wrote: >> On Oct 31, 2016, at 3:58 PM, Martin McClure <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (1.19 roundTo: (1/10))asFloat >> >> I should note that the final example *should* result in a Float without >> having to have #asFloat sent to it. Per ANSI and traditional Smalltalk >> practice, any operation where the receiver *or* the argument is a Float >> produces a Float. > > While ANSI says that the numbers should be converted using the default > conversion table, all of the Smalltalk’s that I’ve tried don’t follow that. > I’ve tried Dolphin, VW, Pharo, & VAST, and all return fractions. I prefer > this behavior over the ANSI behavior. >
Thanks for the information. GemStone answers a Float. Since Fractions are more general than Floats, there is indeed a good basis for arguing that this is one of the things that ANSI got wrong. Regards, -Martin
