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Class: SomeNumber


Inheritance:

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

Package:
stx:libbasic
Category:
Magnitude-Numbers
Version:
rev: 1.14 date: 2021/11/15 08:49:40
user: cg
file: SomeNumber.st directory: libbasic
module: stx stc-classLibrary: libbasic

Description:


Only used internally during double dispatch, 
when MetaNumbers (INF and NAN) are involved.

copyright

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Instance protocol:

arithmetic
o  * something
return the product of the receiver and the argument

o  + something
return the sum of the receiver and the argument

o  - something
return the difference of the receiver and the argument

o  / something
return the quotient of the receiver and the argument

o  negated
return the receiver negated

comparing
o  < something
return true if the receiver is less than the argument

o  = something
return true, if the argument represents the same numeric value
as the receiver, false otherwise.

Usage example(s):

        Float infinity = Infinity positive
        Infinity positive = Float infinity 
        Float negativeInfinity = Infinity negative
        Infinity negative = Float negativeInfinity 
        Float negativeInfinity = Infinity positive
        Infinity positive = Float negativeInfinity 

double dispatching
o  differenceFromSomeNumber: someNumber
realNumber isNaN ifTrue:[^ self ].

Usage example(s):

^ realNumber differenceFromSomeNumber:someNumber

printing
o  printOn: aStream
(comment from inherited method)
append a printed description of the receiver to aStream

private-accessing
o  realNumber

o  realNumber: something

queries
o  isFinite
return true, if the receiver is a finite number (not NaN and not +/-INF)

o  isInfinite
return true, if the receiver is an infinite number (+Inf or -Inf)

o  isNaN
return true, if the receiver is an invalid number (NaN - not a number).

o  negative
true if the receiver is < 0

o  positive
return true if the receiver is >= 0

o  sign
return the sign of the receiver (-1, 0 or 1)

o  strictlyPositive
true if the receiver is > 0



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