Re: [racket-dev] nan?, infinite? and regular-real? [Was: Latest Plot Package]

2011-11-19 Thread Robby Findler
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Doug Williams m.douglas.willi...@gmail.com wrote: I would keep finite? for the semantics associated with the name even if it is just a renaming of rational?. Particularly since you can't just use (not (infinite? x)) when NaNs are a possibility. [I personally

Re: [racket-dev] nan?, infinite? and regular-real? [Was: Latest Plot Package]

2011-11-19 Thread Doug Williams
The mathematical abstraction of irrational. That is, when I think of a real number abstractly, it includes irrationals. The fact that I have to use a representation that doesn't include irrationals doesn't mean I give up the abstract idea of reals. On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Robby Findler