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Re: [ID 20010529.006] String plus zero inconsistent across platforms

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Hugo
Date:
May 31, 2001 10:25
Subject:
Re: [ID 20010529.006] String plus zero inconsistent across platforms
Message ID:
200105311628.RAA24650@crypt.compulink.co.uk
In <20010531171523.A21069@deep-dark-truthful-mirror.pmb.ox.ac.uk>, Simon Cozens
 writes:
:On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:01:22PM +0100, Hugo wrote:
:> - ? unicode support
:
:Do we actually want this? It'd slow numeric conversion down horribly, and
:numeric conversion's pretty hot.

I assume we need a mechanism capable of parsing a number out of a unicode
string, but I don't think we need to expand the normal concept of what a
digit is, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Hugo

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