[r6rs-discuss] fixnum->flonum but no flonum->fixnum?

[Bradley Lucier]

On Mar 24, 2008, at 7:15 AM, Michael Sperber wrote:
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> Bradley Lucier <lucier at math.purdue.edu> writes:
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>> I tried to search the archives using google, but it isn't so easy
>> when searching for non-letter characters.
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>> At any rate, it appears there's a fixnum->flonum, but no flonum-
>>> fixnum; is this intentional?  Is there a rationale available?
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> This was present in the original draft of SRFI 77, but removed during
> the discussion period.

That's a shame, it's quite a common operation in several problem  
domains (including image processing).

Brad