From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: 42012@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42012: Reference Manual and Docstring on number->string
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:34:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200623083412.GA3290@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871rm6lno4.fsf@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 12:51:23AM +0200, Sebastian Miele wrote:
> Guile 3.0.3. The reference manual and the docstring of number->string
> say: "If N is inexact, a radix of 10 will be used." But that is not what
> happens, e.g.,
>
> (let ((x 4.0)) (and (inexact? x) (number->string x 3)))
>
> evaluates to "11.0" instead of #f or "4.0". Probably "if RADIX is not
> supplied, a radix of 10 will be used" is meant.
Confirmed for 3.0.2. At first I thought that the fractional part being
zero could be significant (as in your example), but
scheme@(guile-user)> (number->string 0.3333333333333333 3)
$5 = "0.1"
is clearly being done in radix 3, fractional part and all.
Cheers
-- t
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2020-06-22 22:51 bug#42012: Reference Manual and Docstring on number->string Sebastian Miele
2020-06-23 8:34 ` tomas [this message]
2020-06-24 3:49 ` Bengt Richter
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