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Date: Fri,  7 Jan 2005 20:34:08 -1000
From: Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net>
To: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>,
	Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] acid question
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> This at least can be fixed by putting
> 	res->store.fmt = 'D';

Sure, but I'm really less concerned about the format associated
with the result of the comparison than I am about the fact that
although "a" and "b" show the same value, and "a-b" shows zero,
the "==" operator says they are not the same.  (Worse yet, if
I compare "a-b" with zero, it also fails).

> -rob

> >     a           0x800529a4
> >     b           0x800529a4
> >     a - b       0x00000000
> >     b - a       0x00000000
> >     a == b      0
> >     a < b       0x00000001
> >     b < a       0x00000000
> >     a > b       0
> >     b > a       1