Re: [TCLCORE] TIP #347: Add 'string is bignum' to the 'string is' Subcommand

[Donald A. <as...@tr...>]

Lars Hellstr?m <Lar...@re...> writes:

> Donal K. Fellows skrev:
> > Donald G Porter wrote:
> >> FWIW, this would be the first exposure of the name "bignum" to the
> >> script level, and I don't find that a good thing.  I would name the
> >> command [string is entier].
> > 
> > For the record, the TIP has been updated in accordance with this
> > (including its title).
> 
> How very depressing! The unintelligible (unless, it seems, you're 
> versed in ALGOL) "entier" is getting further entrenched, and concerns 
> about C-level arithmetic are taken as canon for the script level interface.
> 
> The natural name for this functionality is [string is integer]. 

Hear hear!  I was about to pipe in about the meanings of
"integer" and "entier", but they have already been covered.
I like the idea of "int" for the original behavior.

If seamless conversion and expr support can be relied on, then 
the original [string is integer] could be abandoned.  When
people are concened about the numerical range of their integers,
they should check the numerical values.

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Donald Arseneau                          as...@tr...