On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:03 PM, J. Vuletich (mail lists) <juanlists@jvuletich.org> wrote:

��Hi Eliot,

Quoting Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda@gmail.com>:

Hi Juan,

�� �� On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:40 AM, J. Vuletich (mail lists)
<juanlists@jvuletich.org> wrote:

Hi Folks,

Just tried Smalltalk-80 (actually Apple Smalltalk-80 running in Mini
vMac).
1e-3 "printIt" (1/1000)
1e-3 class "printIt" Fraction
1e3 "printIt" 1000
1e3 class "printIt" SmallInteger

This has always been the behavior in Squeak too.

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�� �� ��What happens if you try compiling a method containing a literal
Fraction and both debug it and decompile it.��

The attach shows that in ST-80 a CompiledMethod can contain a Fraction literal. Source code form for that is '1e-3'. Debugger works as in Squeak or Cuis.

Also check these comments from Dan:

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2000-March/013368.html

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�� �� ��Dan doesn't say anything about Fraction literals in this message.

He does talk about scientific notation '1e3' and '1e-3' meaning not Float, but SmallInteger and Fraction. The subject of this thread is "Float parsed as Fraction bug". �� ����

I don't think this is a bug at all.

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�� �� ��What, that 1e-3 is a Fraction, not a Float?

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Yes. That, and allowing for Fraction literals in methods.

BTW, Cuis also supports 1r111111111111 = 12 after this :)

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich