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Re: Comparisons and decorations, part 2



Arnold Neumaier wrote:
Dan Zuras Intervals wrote:

Then let me suggest that there exist a
decoration for empty.

Or, at least, some combination of the
existing decorations that implies empty.

That way we do not NEED a representation
for empty within the interval part of a
1788 interval.

And we will have anything + empty = empty
fall out to be both fast & easy no matter
what we use for empty so long as the
decoration makes it so.

Since bare[1,1]/bare[0,0] or sqrt(bare[-2,-1]) must be empty,
this conflicts with the need of a fast mode for arithmetic
operations for bare intervals.


I agree.

Dan's idea would be nice. But I do see that Empty is a bare interval.

Nate