Difference between revisions of "Talk:List of partial functions"

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@Rcaetano I meant that they are not defined at any point --- the only purpose of these functions is to signal a pure exception. I don't know what the terminology is for this --- please update with the proper terminology if you know what it is :-)
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--[[User:Dave4420|Dave4420]] 16:45, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

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Should we also point out under which circumstances those functions behaviours are undefined?

--DaniilFrumin 11:28, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

What does it mean to say that error and undefined are "not even partial"? As far as I know, a function is either total or partial. If a function is not defined for any point, surely it is partial?

-- Rcaetano

@Rcaetano I meant that they are not defined at any point --- the only purpose of these functions is to signal a pure exception. I don't know what the terminology is for this --- please update with the proper terminology if you know what it is :-)

--Dave4420 16:45, 13 October 2012 (UTC)