From: "Bill Schottstaedt" <bil@ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
To: bug-guile@gnu.org
Subject: (number? '1e311)
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 07:22:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081101142047.M70127@ccrma.Stanford.EDU> (raw)
I think number? should not signal an error -- it should
return either #t or #f:
guile> (number? '1e310)
ERROR: In procedure string->number:
ERROR: Value out of range: 310
ABORT: (out-of-range)
guile> ERROR: In procedure scm_read_expression:
ERROR: standard input:1:17: unexpected ")"
ABORT: (read-error)
Also, the error message should mention that the value
in question is an exponent (this can be non-obvious in actual
code).
next reply other threads:[~2008-11-01 14:22 UTC|newest]
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2008-11-01 14:22 Bill Schottstaedt [this message]
2008-11-19 21:48 ` (number? '1e311) Ludovic Courtès
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