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This proposal allows (/ 0 x), where x is an inexact number, to return an exact value. Currently only Racket, Gambit, TinyScheme, Sizzle, Spark do this; see Zero for details.
cowan
2012-08-27 01:08:48
statusnewdecided
WG1 voted to require (/ 0 +nan.0) => +nan.0, but otherwise to allow (not require) (/ 0 x) => 0.
WG1 voted to require (/ 0 +nan.0) => +nan.0, but otherwise to allow (not require) (/ 0 x) => 0.