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update docs on numbers and case sensitivity

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Closes #2660, maybe permanently this time.
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Matthew Flatt 2019-05-18 12:35:23 -04:00
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@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ A @litchar{#} in an @nunterm{inexact} number is the same as
@litchar{0}, but @litchar{#} can be used to suggest
that the digit's actual value is unknown.
All letters in a number representation are parsed case-insensitively,
independent of the @racket[read-case-sensitive] parameter. For
example, @litchar{#I#D+InF.F+3I} is parsed the same as
@litchar{#i#d+inf.f+3i}. In the grammar below, each literal lowercase
letter stands for both itself and its uppercase form.
@BNF[(list @nunterm{number} @BNF-alt[@nunterm{exact}
@nunterm{inexact}])
(list @nunterm{exact} @BNF-alt[@nunterm{exact-rational}