From: Daniel Harple <dharple@...>
Date: 2006-02-26T00:07:36+09:00
Subject: Inconsistent Behavior Converting String to Integer/Float

$ruby-yarv -v
ruby 2.0.0 (Base: Ruby 1.9.0 2006-02-14) [powerpc-darwin8.5.0]
YARVCore 0.4.0 Rev: 466 (2006-02-22) [opts: ]

$ruby -v
ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-darwin8.3.0]

# Correct behavior
num = "+3"
Float(num)   # -> 3.0
Integer(num) # -> 3

# Strange behavior
num = "3e2"
Float(num)   # -> 300.0
Integer(num) # -> ArgumentError

Why is an ArgumentError raised in the second example?

OT: ruby-talk seems to be rejecting my email. I sent this twice, and 
both times it did not make it to the list.

-- Daniel

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