[FWP] Re: Identifying Bad Books

[Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>]

John Macdonald <jmm@elegant.com> writes:

> [...]
> The particular instance I wanted was a reference for "numerical
> constant" - in particular, does it support e notation.  (I was
> certain that it did, but just wanted to confirm and check the exact
> details.  Often enough, when I check something I already "know" I get
> reminded of an extension or limitation that shows I had only partly
> "known".)  I ended up finding some examples, but no clear reference
> definition.  The index entries that most closely related pointed off
> to BigFloat.

You're thinking of a floating-point literal.  The index gets you
there, eventually:  The entry for "literals" refers you to p.58
(literals in a regexp), which is a bit confusing.  "literals, numeric" 
refers you to "numeric literals".  "numeric literals" sends you to
"numbers" (this sort of thing is sloppy editing), and the first entry
under "numbers" leads you to p.39, where you can see the [Ee] notation 
in use.

So in this case the index works, but loses points on the way.

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