On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 17:09 +0100, Eike Rathke wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> On Sunday, 2008-12-21 16:57:59 -0700, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 22:57 +0000, wrote:
> > > - POISSON() x is Integer.
> >
> > The examples include situations were x is not an integer. So what does
> > this mean (since the conversion is implementation defined if not
> > specified)?
>
> What do you mean by "implementation defined if not specified"?
> In section "4.9.4 Integer" we define
> | An integer is simply a subtype of Number that happens to have no
> | fractional value. An integer X is equal to INT(X).
4.9.4 defines what an integer is. It does not define how a non-integer
is converted to an integer.
I have to head to class so can't look up the clause now.
Andreas
