Scheme language standardization process
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 4:09 AM, Peter Bex <Peter.Bex@x> wrote: > > While we're on the topic of numerical stuff in the standard, I'd like > to ask why the "padding"/placeholder digits for numbers (# characters > instead of digits inside a number) is kept around. I'd like to hear from someone who knows the history better, but I believe it's intended more as write syntax than read - when someone asks for more digits of precision than are available, the remainder use "#". -- Alex _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list Scheme-reports@x http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports