Jim Meyering wrote:
> > Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> A string of zero digits is interpreted as `0'.
> Paul Jarc wrote:
> > That sounds to me like it's talking about "000000". Maybe "A string
> > of no digits"? Or "A line that ends or has has nondigit characters
> > where the number would be"?
>
> Good point.
> Thanks.
>
> by a decimal-point character and zero or more digits. A string of
> no digits is interpreted as @samp{0}. The @env{LC_NUMERIC}
That almost sounds like a double negative, and confuses me.
The following reads better to me.
A string without digits is interpreted as @samp{0}.
Bob
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