From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Text collation Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:04:16 +1100 Message-ID: <878xhc285b.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <877j00cirs.fsf@laas.fr> <87hcz3mqhr.fsf@zip.com.au> <87r6x0qjyy.fsf@laas.fr> <87fyc1df70.fsf@zip.com.au> <87odqcszlj.fsf@chbouib.org> <87ejr6hxm1.fsf@zip.com.au> <878xhd33x3.fsf@laas.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1165953876 2356 80.91.229.10 (12 Dec 2006 20:04:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:04:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 12 21:04:33 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GuDrY-0007Qz-KA for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:04:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GuDrY-0004UN-7i for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:04:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GuDrV-0004SW-8d for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:04:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GuDrT-0004QX-SU for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:04:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GuDrT-0004QK-PT for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:04:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [61.8.2.231] (helo=mailout2.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GuDrR-0000Hy-UI for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:04:22 -0500 Original-Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.2.163]) by mailout2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CC41109B21 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:04:17 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (ppp2728.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.39.40]) by mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6250927409 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:04:17 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GuDrM-0001fK-75 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:04:16 +1100 Original-To: guile-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <878xhd33x3.fsf@laas.fr> (Ludovic =?iso-8859-1?Q?Court=E8s's?= message of "Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:38:00 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:6322 Archived-At: ludovic.courtes@laas.fr (Ludovic Court=E8s) writes: > > So, do you think we should rename them to `strto{d,l}' or documenting > this dependence is enough? Number parsing on the whole always seems very application-specific to me. I don't think I've ever seen a style that could recommended whole-heartedly for all user input :-(. I'd think about something modest like a string->number that stripped thousands seps and transformed the decimal point (if necessary). I think that'd find a use. > Hmm, I thought `unresolved' was for cases where a test cannot be run for > some reason. See, e.g., `guardians.test', Not sure about those, were they actually unresolved issues for a time? > `socket.test' Hang on, that's your work isn't it! :) > Well, there's admittedly not a huge difference. Yes, though hopefully the difference is that "unsupported" bits can be safely ignored, assuming you know those features are not supposed to be available. But the author of this stuff must be lurking here ... _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel