#1445: Add ResizableStringArray.get_number VTABLE function
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Reporter: Austin_Hastings | Owner:
Type: todo | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: none | Version: 2.0.0
Severity: medium | Keywords: rsa, ResizableStringArray,
get_number, NQP
Lang: | Patch:
Platform: |
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Comment(by whiteknight):
Can you post the NQP example code that creates this problem?
A few basic notes:
First, seems nonsensical to me to expect an Array to return a floating
point number in any case. Especially in this case where it seems you want
Parrot to implicitly cast the integer value to a float. It seems to me
like the better option would be to retrieve the integer value and
explicitly cast it if that's what you need.
Second, it seems strange to me that NQP would be forcing all mathematics
operations to use floating point. Though considering the constraints of
that language I won't raise a huge fuss over it. I know that it's not
designed to be a complete and robust mathematics package. Is there any way
in NQP to explicitly cast from float to int?
Third, what do the other Array types do in this instance? Is it just RSA
that's missing the get_number VTABLE, or are other types missing it as
well? I would much rather we move in a direction of more consistency among
array types than less consistancy.
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