[Jscheme-user] string->number problem

[Ken A. <kan...@bb...>]

Now we can't parse a number with a leading "0" even if we say base 10.
> (string->number "08")
#f
> (string->number "08" 10)
#f
> (string->number "8" 10)
8

Can we make this base 8 stuff optional?  Usually when i see a leading 0 in data it is expecting to be interpreted as base 10.  For example May is month "05".

k