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Redwolf Programs

02:18

Should flooring an integer return an integer or float?

2x-1

float

2x-1

02:50

Rather, you can toss a coin, I think both are equally useful

Redwolf Programs

I'll probably go with float

Lyxal

03:45

Integer

Return an integer

Why do you think disrupting the usual expected return type is a good idea?

Flooring a float returns an integer right?

Don't break the pattern

Go with float if and only if flooring a float returns a float

Be consistent

Redwolf Programs

04:02

Hmm, that's also a good point

The only real difference between an integer and a float in Ash is that integers are arbitrary precision, and for a few operators will return rounded/truncated results (like square root).

I guess you'd expect 2 with q⌊8

Or would you?

And that would make truncate useless

Aside from making truncate useless if the output is an integer, there aren't really any hard advantages for disadvantages for either; it's just whatever makes more sense

6 hours later…

Lyxal

10:20

@RedwolfPrograms no I'd expect the full decimal version

But that suggests 8 evaluates as a float

Because otherwise the flooring is useless

@RedwolfPrograms it already is. i does the same thing

Perhaps change the character all together

(my ramble about code page changing wasn't meant to be taken with a serious tone. I've been thinking about how you may have accidentally assumed that I was being strict about it over the last few days, and I'm just clearing it up now. Sorry about that)

However I do mean what I said about consistency. That's something I am serious about: it's a good idea to make it as easy as possible for users of Ash to actually use Ash

6 hours later…

Redwolf Programs

16:22

@Lyxal If you expected the full decimal version, then it should return a float. Current truncate is different from i because truncate returns a float, and i returns an integer

And number literals are floats

That way q8 would be the squareroot of 2.828..., not 2

5 hours later…

Lyxal

21:06

Okay then. If truncate always returns a float then it should be fine

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