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		fouronnes3 on Oct 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toward an API for the Real Numbers Oh now I'm curious if IEEE 754 NaN rules are isomorphic to a number optional type with monadic chaining syntax

SAI_Peregrinus on Oct 7, 2020 [–]

Basically. And you can stick error codes in the value too, so you can know down the line what caused the NaN.

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