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Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: Calling for top ten ANSI issues ...
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Camm Maguire |
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Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: Calling for top ten ANSI issues ... |
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21 Sep 2003 20:27:56 -0400 |
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Paul, the problem with 3) on your list seems to be the following form:
(float most-positive-double-float 1.0s0)
This is inf in current GCL, which seems logical -- what is supposed to
happen here?
Take care,
"Paul F. Dietz" <address@hidden> writes:
> I wrote:
>
> >>6. Numerous error cases not properly handled.
> >>
> >> Many list functions, for example, are required to signal a type error
> >> if the list argument is not a proper list (see many of the error cases
> >> in tests loaded from load-cons.lsp.)
>
> More properly, they 'should be prepared to signal an error', which
> basically means that in safe code if the routine has to go to the end
> of the list anyway, it should check it ends in NIL.
>
> Paul
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- [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Camm Maguire, 2003/09/19
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Camm Maguire, 2003/09/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Paul F. Dietz, 2003/09/21
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Camm Maguire, 2003/09/22
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Paul F. Dietz, 2003/09/22
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Camm Maguire, 2003/09/22
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Paul F. Dietz, 2003/09/22
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Camm Maguire, 2003/09/25
- RE: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Mike Thomas, 2003/09/25
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Calling for top ten ANSI issues ..., Paul F. Dietz, 2003/09/25