RE: [jboske] RE: [lojban] djedi li integer

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>]

xorxes:
> la and cusku di'e
> 
> >For the contexts under consideration -- counting plise and quantifying
> >djedi -- it is desirable to exclude 0.0, but to allow 0.1, 2.1, etc 
> 
> {za'u pi no} excludes 0.0
> {su'o pi no} includes 0.0
> 
> Both allow .1, 2.1, etc 
> 
> {za'u no} excludes 0
> {su'o no} includes 0
> 
> Both allow 1, 2, 3, etc 

Obviously the integer one (counting plise) should exclude 0 but allow
other integers.

I like your pi nai suggestion, myself.

> >So would you propose tu'opino and tu'opitu'o? If so, I should add it
> >to the wiki 
> 
> I find {pino} as a mark of integer to be extremely odd. It says
> that reals are allowed in that context, even if the particular
> instance happens to be an integer 

I understand. You're saying that to describe 22 as 22.0 implicates
that nonintegers like 22.2 might be meaningful in the context. I 
agree.

--And.