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Re: vfprintf typing problem
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:55:34 +0200
> Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:
>
>> On 04/02/2012 10:31 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>> I've never seen that in any mathematical literature.
>>
>> I see it all the time. Picking a source somewhat at random:
>>
>> "Let us fix a family (Ï[j]) jâ=â1,...,âp such that
>> Ï[j] â D(V[j]), 0 â Ï[j] â 1, â Ï[j] â 1 on M."
>>
>> -- Tartakoff DS. Nonelliptic Partial Differential Equations.
>> Developments in Mathematics, 2011, Volume 22, 159-189,
>> <http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9813-2_13>
>>
>> It's natural to translate commonly used mathematical notation like
>> "0 â i < 1000" to "0 <= i && i < 1000" in C.
>
> That is a completely different case. You will never see 0 < Î.
I have to say I agree with Andreas on this one and I nearly barfed
when Paul suggested the test.
But I used it as-is, because I'm exhausted working on this and just
want to get to the end of it.