On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:43:01 +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> Shout parses integers with exponent incorrectly:
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> 	1e3
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> 	2r1e7
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> It treats the exponent part as message send.
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> Same for non-decimal floats:
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> 	2r1.1
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> The decimal point is parsed as binary message.
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> And scaled decimals with radix are affected, too:
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> 	2r1s3
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> 	2r1.1s3
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> Granted, most people aren't aware of Smalltalks powerful number  
> literals, but they are supported and sometimes even used (see, e.g.,  
> CornerRounder class>>initialize where I noticed the Shout problem).

... and NumberTest>>#testReadFrom which I reported to Andy maaany months  
ago ;-)

/Klaus

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