[squeak-dev] a==b "true" but a=b "false"
Dale Henrichs
dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com
Wed Sep 3 23:16:24 UTC 2014
Chris,
IIRC, by definition a NAN is not equal to itself...
Dale
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Chris Muller <ma.chris.m at gmail.com> wrote:
> When could it happen?
>
> A: With Float nan.
>
> Float nan == Float nan "true"
>
> Float nan = Float nan "false"
>
> It violates what I have long considered an invariant that if a==b, then
> a=b.
>
> Real world context: When two DB clients change the same object in the
> exact same way, it's not a conflict. If they change it differently,
> it is.
>
> They've both made the same reference to Float nan, but just asking if
> they made equivalent changes still reports false. So I have to put in
> a complicated special check for NaN first..??
>
> Okay, I actually wrote: (a==b or: [a=b]) but who would ever write
> that or not "simplify it" in teh future if they saw it?
>
> Comments? Why shouldn't Float nan = Float nan?
>
>
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