2009/8/15 Ken.Dickey <[email protected]>: > Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> >> By reading a comment: "Not defined on Complex numbers" >> i wonder why implementation is different than following: > ... > > How about this wording: > > "Mathematically, complex numbers are a superset of the real numbers. > Complex numbers with a zero imaginary part ARE real numbers and > should behave as such. That the #< selector is part of the Complex > class is an artifact of the current implementation. There is no agreed > upon model for < comparison for complex numbers in general." > > Better? > Way more better! That will certainly help others (those who not following current discussions) to understand why it is there and why it behaves so.
Thanks Ken. > -KenD > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig. _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
