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Re: [P-1788]: Re objective == infinity



On Oct 1 2012, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

Not everyone agrees on what a closed interval is (except for bounded
intervals of real numbers, which match the topological definition of
closed set). So, this notion should be avoided for unbounded intervals.

As this originated only in a minor comment of mine, it doesn't matter,
but obviously I agree that it should be avoided in documents without
making it clear exactly what is meant.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.