Re: [Chicken-janitors] #674: ##sys#string->number gets called without prefixes in the reader

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#674: ##sys#string->number gets called without prefixes in the reader
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  Reporter:  sjamaan         |       Owner:  felix          
      Type:  defect          |      Status:  new            
  Priority:  major           |   Milestone:  4.8.0          
 Component:  core libraries  |     Version:  4.7.x          
Resolution:                  |    Keywords:  reader, numbers
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Comment(by felix):

 Attached is a patch which I believe might help here - it pushes the
 exactness conversion into `##sys#string->number`, via an additional
 optional argument which is either `#f` (undetermined), the symbol `'i`
 (inexact) or `'e` (inexact). On older chickens, the third argument will
 always be false, so this should be backwards-compatible.

 Is this useful?

 We should also review the remaining hooks used in numbers
 (`##sys#inexact?`, `##sys#inexact->exact`, `##sys#exact->inexact`, etc.).
 Some of them might be redundant and allow us to optimize/rewrite core
 procedures in better ways.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/674#comment:1>
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