On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:22:59AM -0800, Dave Whipp wrote:
: I was wondering about the semantics of coercion of non-numbers, so I
: experimented with the interactive Pugs on feather:
:
: pugs> +"42"
: 42.0
: pugs> +"x42"
: 0.0
:
: I assume that pugs is assuming "no fail" in the interactive envi
I was wondering about the semantics of coercion of non-numbers, so I
experimented with the interactive Pugs on feather:
pugs> +"42"
42.0
pugs> +"x42"
0.0
I assume that pugs is assuming "no fail" in the interactive environment.
However, Is "0.0" the correct answer, or should it be one of "undef