Re: [PATCH]: Parse floating point literals that start with a dot

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brent Roman [mailto:[e-mail]]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 1:35 PM
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> Subject: [PATCH]: Parse floating point literals that start with a dot
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> The attached patch to 1.8.6-p110 yyparse.c allows Ruby's=20
> parser to accept floating point literals that start with a=20
> decimal point.  e.g.
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>   x =3D .1
>   y =3D -.86
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> Ruby 1.6.8 accepts these, later versions do not.
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> Folks, like myself, who use Ruby as a "domain specific"=20
> command parser (and/or are porting from Ruby 1.6.8) may find=20
> it useful.
> I can create a similar patch for Ruby 1.9 if there is interest.=20
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> Note that the patch is much smaller than it looks.  I=20
> factored a  new function parse_float() out of the code in the=20
> {very long} yylex() function to avoid the need to repeat it.

Unless this causes any test failures or significant (any?) slowdowns, I
vote to include.

Regards,

Dan


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