[squeak-dev] Re: Number readFrom: can we remove some "accidental" features

nicolas cellier ncellier at ifrance.com
Sun Aug 31 19:12:13 UTC 2008


Igor Stasenko a écrit :
> 2008/8/31 Stéphane Rollandin <lecteur at zogotounga.net>:
>> Igor Stasenko a écrit :
>>> My guess it can stay, but only as separate helper method, which reads
>>> a numbers and expecting non-smalltalk syntax.
>> yes, useful for end-user input in numerical applications.
>> we could spare them the .2 = 2 experience...
>>
> 
> Btw, everyone is content with such ambigility?
> 
> { 0.2.3.4.5.6 } printString '#(0.2 3.4 5.6)'
> 

Yes funny.
Guess in which language you can evaluate

-3r=3r-.-3r-=3r

No, it is not /etc/printcap.
That's why Stef (Ducasse) asked for cleanup I guess.




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