[Jscheme-user] string->number problem

[Jonathan A R. <ja...@mu...>]

This discussion wasn't clear to me but I assume you're going to have
  (string->number "011" 8) => 9
  (string->number "011" 10) => 11
So the question is what to do about
  (string->number "011")
My vote as usual is when in doubt follow a Scheme report, because
someone might consult a report when using jscheme.  If you want to
have something to parse Java literal syntax, give it a different name;
then you could sensibly extend it to other kinds of literals, e.g.
 (parse-java-literal "true") => #t
 (parse-java-literal "'t'") => #\t
 (parse-java-literal "\"true\"") => "true"
But if the Java literal parser has to have the name string->number
either for backward compatibility or to suit your taste, that's not
terrible; I always give it an explicit radix anyhow.

Jonathan