Shouldn't 2 hash = 2.0 hash? [LONG]
Randal L. Schwartz
merlyn at stonehenge.com
Thu Dec 2 00:07:27 UTC 1999
>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Theodore Galkowski <algebraist at salonmember.com> writes:
Jan> I'm not sure this is a better answer than
Jan> David's, but from a numerical standpoint
Jan> there is a lot of justification in
Jan> defining
Jan> 2.0 = 2.0 --> false
That'd make stuff like this freak out:
aSet _ Set new.
aSet add: 2.0.
aSet add: 2.0.
aSet size
==> 2
:)
No, just say no. = should be OK if they really *are* equal.
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