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Class: MetaNumber


Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--Magnitude
      |
      +--ArithmeticValue
         |
         +--Number
            |
            +--MetaNumber
               |
               +--Infinity
               |
               +--SomeNumber

Package:
stx:libbasic
Category:
Magnitude-Numbers
Version:
rev: 1.1 date: 2003-06-21 10:12:21
user: cg
file: MetaNumber.st directory: libbasic
module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic
Author:
Claus Gittinger

Description:


Common behavior for metaNumbers (INF, NaN).


Related information:

    Number
    Infinity
    NotANumber
    Float
    ShortFloat
    Fraction
    FixedPoint
    Integer
    Complex
    FloatArray
    DoubleArray

Instance protocol:

coercing & converting
o  asFloat

o  asFraction

o  asInteger

o  asLargeFloat

o  asLongFloat

o  asShortFloat

o  coerce: aNumber

o  generality
NaN, INF etc. are more general than scalars, but not more general than
vectors (e.g. Points)



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