From: hal9000@...
Date: 2000-12-20T08:10:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7720] Re: "1_000".to_i == 1 bug?

In article <E536C8EE2A1FD31195370008C79FFA1F23221F@world.cinnober.com>,
  Aleksi Niemel<aleksi.niemela@cinnober.com> wrote:
> Actually I'm not sure if this is bug, as it could be also a designed
> feature, but:
>
>   ruby -e'p "1_000".to_i'
>   1
>
> instead of 1000 what I'd expect.
>

[snip patch]

Hmm. Just my opinion, but I don't consider this to be a bug. The range
of values that Ruby can recognize in code is not necessarily the same
as what it can recognize in a string. Just as, for example, there's no
built-in way AFAIK to print a number with underscores.

Hal




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