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Re: CLN

On Sun, Feb 13, 2000 at 12:46:57AM -0800, George wrote:
> I'm too lazy to find the CLN list, so I'll ask here first.  I'm stuck with
> the changeover because of two issues
> 
> 1) It's impossible with the defined interface (as I understand it) to figure
> out if a cl_R is actually an exact number, or if it is an integer in fact.  I
> copied some things from internal CLN headers such as integerp and rationalp
> but I guess that's wrong to do that.  What is the correct way to do this?
> 
> 2) how do I get a native type out of a cl_R?  I know something is an integer
> and that it will fit in an integer, but I can't get it.  I will need to do
> the same for doubles.

Well a third issue, the current printing methods print to a C++ stream, so if
I need a string I guess I might needs some weird stream hacks or does C++
allow me to make a simple stream that is in fact a string?

George