eq, eql, equal [Was: Es-discuss - several decimal discussions]

FWIW, as a user, I've always assumed:

== : equal [1]
=== : eq [2]

I would rather see an `eql` operator introduced than see `===` further  
diluted.

[1] http://www.nhplace.com/kent/PS/EQUAL.html

[2] modulo the floating point edge cases

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:50 AM, P T Withington <ptw at pobox.com> wrote:
> FWIW, as a user, I've always assumed:
>
> == : equal [1]

    [1, 2] == [1, 2] // yields false



-- 
    Cheers,
    --MarkM

On Aug 25, 2008, at 6:58 AM, Mark S. Miller wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:50 AM, P T Withington <ptw at pobox.com> wrote:
>> FWIW, as a user, I've always assumed:
>>
>> == : equal [1]
>
>     [1, 2] == [1, 2] // yields false

This makes me sad, but some day there might be ways to attach  
multimethods (opt-in basis) that make it all better. Just a thought.

/be