#724: [bug] Parrot fails numeric conversion of ucs2 strings
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Reporter: pmichaud | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: reopened
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: core | Version: 1.2.0
Severity: medium | Resolution:
Keywords: | Lang:
Patch: | Platform:
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Comment(by bacek):
Replying to [comment:14 particle]:
> this also means parrot ought accept the C99 variants SNAN and QNAN, as
well as NANS, NANQ, -1.#INF, 1.#IND, 0 (yes, zero!), etc. there's a
comprehensive list at:
>
> http://wiki.apache.org/stdcxx/FloatingPoint
>
> it's not a small list, even only for our core platforms. punting to the
HLLs is certainly easier for now.
I'm voting for support only canonical NaN and Inf representation after
1.4. For now we can provide case-insensitive "nan", "inf" and
"infinity"[1].
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Bacek
[1] Yes, this current behavior of numification in branch.
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