String>>asInteger does not like negative integers - Squeak-dev

4 Aug 2004


      Anybody have any insight on why String>>asInteger doesn't seem to think 
negative integers are really integers?  It is "fixable" with #asNumber, 
as follows:
'-1' asInteger --> 1
   '-1' asNumber asInteger --> -1
Shouldn't String>>asInteger be smarter than that, and not ignore 
negative integers?
This behavior is verified on 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7.  So, it's been around 
for awhile.
Nevin