Re: [Scheme-reports] Padding/placeholders (hashes) in numerical syntax John Cowan 16 Aug 2011 22:59 UTC

Jussi Piitulainen scripsit:

> The report does not tell what the #-notation means. As far as I can
> see, it says only that a constant is inexact if (among other things)
> it contains a "#" character in place of a digit. (6.2.4 Syntax of
> numerical constants) One has to go to the formal grammar to learn that
> any "#" characters must be trailing digits.
>
> An indication of the intended meaning of the notation should be added
> if the notation is being kept.

Editorial ticket filed.
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