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[Mark S. Miller]

At 03:08 PM 8/21/00 , Tyler Close wrote:
>My RedBlackTree doesn't allow a second NaN to be inserted, but
>wouldn't a Xanadu container allow it? In this case, the weird "I'm in
>there, but you can't find me." behaviour would still be present. I
>don't think you can define it away.

The Xanadu partial-order-based stuff assumed a conventional partial order, 
ie, a reflexive partial order.  We never thought hard about NaNs.  Live and 
learn.


         Cheers,
         --MarkM