[m-dev.] cc_multi or det ?

[Holger Krug]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:48:14AM +1000, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> 
> 	Will that work?
 
Won't work.
 
> 	If not, why not? 

Because the question is posed this way.

> 	(What case could cause problems?)
 
Mantissa and exponent both out of range. Only one exception will be thrown
(hence `det'), but it's not clear which one (hence `multi'), gives:
   `cc_multi'
 
> 	Was the problem easy to spot or hard to spot?
 


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Holger Krug
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