On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Nicolas Cellier < [email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, I understand the paradigm, nil is nothing is zero, empty is > nothing is zero... > But frankly, do you think '' forms a valid Number ? In every context ? > So yes, this is expected, and can break compatibility, but sometimes > this is necessary. > > If you want to keep this behaviour, you have to use an explicit rule like: > asNumberOrZero > ^Number readFrom: self ifFail: [^0] > > Thanks Nicolas. Now, the question is, do you think we can create this method in String as part of Pharo core? or I should add it to my application? cheers mariano > Hope this helps... > > Nicolas > > 2009/10/20 Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected]>: > > Hi folks: In older images, like 10418, '' asNumber gave me a 0 (zero). > But > > now, I get a 'Reading a number failed'. > > > > Is this expected? > > > > Perhaps it is due to the fix to this bug: > > > > > http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?can=1&q=1258&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Summary%20Milestone&id=1258 > > > > any toughs? > > > > best > > > > Mariano > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project >
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