From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Inconsistency in `string-to-number' Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:36:51 +0300 Message-ID: <833abygwxo.fsf@gnu.org> References: <47083.128.165.123.18.1240532205.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240569434 22688 80.91.229.12 (24 Apr 2009 10:37:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:37:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: herring@lanl.gov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 24 12:38:32 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LxInf-0004Fo-72 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:38:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54623 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LxImF-0001I7-FR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxImA-0001I2-PJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:36:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxIm8-0001Hq-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:36:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35416 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LxIm8-0001Hn-MA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:36:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:30653) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LxIm7-0006Op-VC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:36:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout3.012.net.il ([84.95.2.7]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LxIm5-0004vc-L6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:36:53 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout3.012.net.il by i_mtaout3.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KIL00A00PFBVY00@i_mtaout3.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:36:51 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.175.232]) by i_mtaout3.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KIL008X4PHEGT00@i_mtaout3.012.net.il>; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:36:51 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <47083.128.165.123.18.1240532205.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110452 Archived-At: > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:16:45 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Davis Herring" > > (string-to-number "1:") => 1 > (string-to-number "1.2:") => 1 > (string-to-number "1.2") => 1.2 Looks like a bug to me. Either (string-to-number "1:") should return zero, as if the string was not a number at all, or (string-to-number "1.2:") should return 1.2.