[Ecls-list] Re: Decimal Numbers

[Marco Antoniotti]

On Aug 21, 2005, at 2:31 PM, GP lisper wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:42:44 -0400, <marcoxa at cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> What is wrong with
>>
>> (in-package "DECIMAL")
>> (shadow '(cl:+ cl:- cl:* cl:/ cl:=))
>
> Just my ignorance apparently.  Somehow, I had formed the notion that I
> could not 'overload' operators in lisp.  Your suggestion needs a bit
> of elbow grease, but it is much easier than mine.  Thank you for
> pointing this approach out.

You are welcome.

Incidentally this is a good way to write "extension" libraries.  Once 
they are "accepted", you can lobby implementors to push them in the 
core language.

Cheers
--
Marco










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