Re: [Sml-implementers] real constant too large

[John R. <jh...@cs...>]

Is the definition of "too large" any number larger than the
largest exactly representable number?

	- John

On Jan 18, 2004, at 9:33 PM, Stephen Weeks wrote:

>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on what an SML compiler should do when
> it encounters a real constant that is too large to be represented?
> Currently, some compilers silently produce an inf (Hamlet and MLton),
> some report an error (Moscow ML), some encounter an exception in the
> compiler (Poly/ML and SML/NJ), and one reports an error during
> assembly (ML Kit).
>
> My thought is that the right thing is to do as Moscow ML does, and
> report an error similar to an integer too large error.
>
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