Re: Making 'eq' == 'eql' in bignum branch

[Stefan Monnier]

> That’s great if you’re applying max or min to a possibly-empty collection of
> values. But if you’ve got a loop where you’re tracking a minimum/maximum
> value along with doing other stuff (possibly including computing the values
> you’re looking for the minimum of), this may not help much.

It helps because you can use (min) or (max) as your starting value.

> If “1.0e+INF” is hard to remember, how about defining symbols “+inifinity”

Pip's suggestion is to use (max) for that.


        Stefan