Re: [Chicken-users] Bug in SRFI-13 lib?

[Elf]

string= != string=?

-elf

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Matt Gushee wrote:

> What's up with this?
>
>  CHICKEN
>  Version 3.0.0 - linux-unix-gnu-x86     [ manyargs dload ptables
>    applyhook ]
>  ...
>
>  csi> (require-extension srfi-13)
>  ; loading library srfi-13 ...
>  csi> (require-extension posix)
>  ; loading library posix ...
>
>  csi> (define sysname (car (system-information)))
>  csi> (string= sysname "Dogbreath")
>  #f
>  csi> (string= sysname "Linux")
>  5
>
> I realize that from the perspective of boolean tests, 5 is just as true as 
> #t, so maybe it doesn't really matter, but wouldn't it be preferable to 
> return a canonical boolean value? Is there a big performance advantage to 
> returning an integer?