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John:
> > I wonder if {su'o pi no} and {su'o pi su'o} could be given special
> > meanings of '[some] integer' and '[some] rational' respectively. Do
> they have
> > other more useful meanings?
>
> I think using "su'o" is problematic, basically because of the very strong
> default that su'o cannot mean 0 (unless there is an explicit negative
> value following). So nopino seems like an improper value for su'opino,
> yet 0 is a good integer
>
> I propose tu'opino instead
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.
So would you propose tu'opino and tu'opitu'o? If so, I should add it
to the wiki.
--And.