[r6rs-discuss] Complex <?

[Ken Dickey]

Does anyone else find it odd that
  (< 1/3 +inf.0) => #t
but
  (< 1/3 +2i) ==> error "not a real number" +2i

When

(define (<? n1 n2)
    (unless (and (number? n1) (number? n2))
      (error '<? "arguments must be numbers" n1 n2))
   (or (< (magnitude n1) (magnitude n2))
         (< (angle n1) (angle n2))))

??

The naive reading (for a non-English speaker) would be that +2i is somehow 
less real than +inf.0 .  8^)

Cheers,
-KenD