[MLton] Re: [MLton-commit] r4672

[Stephen Weeks]

>    [BTW, what we really need are bitwise coercions between Real64.real and
>    Word64.word and Real32.real and Word32.word.
...
> So, implementing nextAfter{Down,Up} wouldn't need to bounce through 
> PackReal/PackWord ops:
...
> I think that will be just as good as the C-function (and better, since 
> it'll be inlined).

I agree.  I had forgotten about the not-yet-existent primitives.  I
eagerly await their existence :-).