On 6/3/26 20:22, Bradley Lucier wrote:
> I think there are (or at least should be) two separate considerations:
>
> 1.  When you convert between these character strings and Scheme objects,
> which objects do you get?
>
> 2.  How does one interpret these Scheme objects as numbers?
>
> I think this SRFI should restrict itself to issue 1: when reading
> certain character strings, which Scheme objects are returned?

My purpose in specifying the (ideal) number instead of the object is
because Scheme implementations may not support the specified object. A
Scheme implementation might only have decimal floats, for example. In
that case, the numbers read in this format are generally not exactly
representable.

-- Peter McGoron