[debbugs-tracker] bug#29387: closed (Guile-2.2.2 complex numbers edge case)

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regarding Guile-2.2.2 complex numbers edge case
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> Guile-2.2.2 complex numbers edge case
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> Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:09:57 +0000 (GMT)
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> Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07)
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> Hi,
> I think I encountered a bug in the numerical stack.
> i times i should equal -1:
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>     (equal? -1 (* 0+i 0+i))
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> i times i plus one is zero (which is correct):
>     (zero? (+ (* 0+i 0+i) 1))
>     ; #t
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> Regards
> Jan
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> Re: bug#29387: Guile-2.2.2 complex numbers edge case
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> Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:48:46 +0100
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> On 22 Nov 2017, at 19:32, Jan Wedekind <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > Thanks Daniel,
> > I see. So I need to use "=" for numerical comparisons. "equal?" is only true 
> > if the types are the same, too:
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> > (equal? 1.0 1)
> > ; #f
> > (= 1.0 1)
> > ; #t
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> > Sorry for filing a bug report. Feel free to close the bug.
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> no problem! closing the bug (right this time)
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