filePro "eq" (was Re: Question about checks for min and max values)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:15:47PM -0400, Brian K. White wrote:
> Maybe thats how fP breaks the rules. Maybe a numeric type must implicitly 
> only ever contain numeric values, and fP allows both numeric values and ""

No, it's within their purview to permit (the equivalent of) NULL in a
numeric variable, as long as they clearly define how it interacts with
operations.

Cheers,
-- jra
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