Re: comparison operators and %pi

Martin Rubey <[email protected]>
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"Alasdair McAndrew" <[email protected]> writes:

> I find the behaviour of constants rather inconsistent.  

Yes, certainly.

> And it's odd that %e::Float doesn't work, but %e+0::Float 

look at the type of %e+0.0 and you will understand.  Note that it is *not*
Float.

> (and any other arithmetic involving %e) does.

No: sin(%e)::Float does not work.

> Also, the Euler-Mascheroni constant should be in there!

Yes, certainly.

Martin
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