[sc-users] Re: An escape from numerical reality

[ddw_music <jamshark70@xxxxxx>]

LightRate wrote
> And also, the 'new' method does not work for Integer, Float, or
> SimpleNumber... so it seems like the best way to get an instance of Float
> is to call 'asFloat' on an Integer object... or use FloatArray, or simply
> type out the decimal places.

The Literals help file explains that all floats written as literal numbers
must have a decimal point and a fractional part, even if that is 0:

1  // an Integer
1.0  // a Float

Otherwise the numeric type would be ambiguous.

hjh



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