Re: [Scheme-reports] [scheme-reports-wg1] Unintended consequences of #319

[leppie <xacc.ide@x>]

> R5RS doesn't have such permission - it has permission
> to return #f when the string has _any_ radix prefix, and
> in a number of other cases related to incomplete numeric
> towers.  What we explicitly voted on is that these must
> be unified with `read` behavior.  I don't think this is an
> unintended consequence.

What will (string->number "#x10" 8) return?

I think the issue is with ambiguity.

Cheers

leppie

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