[plt-scheme] fractions and decimals

        Paul Schlie writes:

 > A) zero(0) and repeat(_) terminated decimal fractions being exact,
 > inexact otherwise:
 > 
 > 1    == 1     ; exact
 > 1.   == 1.    ; inexact
 > 1.0  == 1     ; exact
 > 1.1  == 1.1   ; inexact
 > 1.10 == 11/10 ; exact
 > 1.1_ == 10/9  ; exact
 > 
 > ... Option A does seem arguably more reasonable, ...

        It still seems unnecessarily tricky, though.  Is there some reason
for not using a standard literal such as

                                  #e0.125

when you want to express an exact number in decimals?

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