From: "R. Kent Dybvig" > I don't believe we ever intended string->number not to raise an exception > if passed something other than a string or if passed, say, 18 arguments, > the wording "never raises an exception" in its description > notwithstanding. So it seems to me that while (string->number "3/0") must > return #f, (string->number 3) and (string->number) must raises exceptions.
Thanks, that's my feeling too. In reference to the previous discussion, would it not be beneficial to let string->number have another optional boolean parameter to signify whether to raise exceptions or not? Cheers leppie _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
