Re: nan (was: math.e and misc.e)
- Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at gm?.?e> Aug 07, 2007
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Jason Gade wrote: > Thanks. I *am* working on compiling all of this stuff into a limits.e file... Nice idea. > It should have: > Max integer value > Max atom value > normalized min atom value > denormalized min atom value > -- which of these to should actually be ATOM_MIN? in C, it is the normalized > number that is defined as the min and I don't see the denormalized number > anywhere. > atom epsilon -- smallest precise atom scaled to 1.0 > Matt's get_epsilon() and next_higher_atom() and next_lower_atom() functions. > > is_nan() > is_infinite() > > NAN_Q -- defined as a quiet NAN that can be assigned to atoms > INFINITY > > Anything else? MIN_INTEGER = #C0000000 -- = -power(2,30) Currently no other values come to my mind in this regard. Regards, Juergen