Re: Introduction of fractions exposes uniform vector prototype bug

[Marius Vollmer]

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> Mikael Djurfeldt <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> I have no good suggestion for what to do about this, but one thing is
>> certain: We can't suggest people to use 1/3 as prototype for double
>> arrays (at least now without modifying scm_make_uve).
>
> I'd be pretty inclined to make it a special case, for compatibility.
>
> Asking people to change their code after they've followed something
> the manual explicitly said is never nice.
>
> Fractions apart from 1/3 could be left to indicate an array of
> fractions, if such a thing is added in the future.
>
> Perhaps (below),

Yes, excellent.  Please apply.

We probably should get rid of the prototype scheme completely, sooner
or later...

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