[BUG] String>>asInteger
Martin Wirblat
sql.mawi at t-link.de
Thu Jan 22 14:13:06 UTC 2004
Nevin Pratt <nevin at smalltalkpro.com> wrote on 22.01.2004 14:29:13:
>And, I don't *ever* remember a time when I found raising an error
>when extracting a number from a string to be useful, with any
>Smalltalk (VA, VW, or Squeak). It has always been real annoying to
>have to wrap the converter in an error handler.
>
Exactly, and for converting text from file or network to numbers, this
is a question of speed too. A failed conversion should result in
answering nil.
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