[BUG] Conversion of String to Number don't check negatives

stéphane ducasse ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Fri Oct 1 10:42:38 UTC 2004


have you check 3.8 unstable because this is fixed so you can close the 
bug on mantis

Stef
On 30 sept. 04, at 11:32, Lic. Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:

> On 29/09/04 22:55, "David T. Lewis" <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 06:40:30AM -0300, Lic. Edgar J. De Cleene 
>> wrote:
>>> I wonder how long exists serious bug like this.
>>> Open Workspace.
>>> Type something like.
>>> '-94' asInteger
>>> Inspect it, and see
>>
>> This bug was introduced Sept 1, 2000. Prior to that, the 
>> String>>asInteger
>> method did not exist. I entered this in the Mantis bug tracker (but I
>> recorded it as a "minor" bug).
>>
>> Dave
> Dave:
> With all respect, I disagree what is a minor bug.
> What about reading legacy text data saved in disk for using into 
> Squeak ?
> Lucky us what no Bank is doing something like this.
>
> Edgar
>
>




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