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Re: CLN



On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, George wrote:

> 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?

Yuck! C++ streams are not my thing. I'm sure you would be able to figure
this out though on #c++ (EFNet), the people there are knowledgeble and
have helped me with streams in the past.

> George
>