[Bug-kawa] [bug #36696] Misleading error message from (+ 1/0 -1/0)

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: Misleading error message from (+ 1/0 -1/0)
                 Project: Kawa
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wed 20 Jun 2012 05:54:33 PM UTC
                Category: Scheme language
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Evaluating (+ 1/0 -1/0) produces a misleading error message about dividing by
zero.  This should be renamed to something like "No exact number value
exists", because this is the exact-number analogue of (+ +inf.0 -inf.0) =>
+nan.0






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