According to Benjamin Goldberg:
> There is indeed a clear need for it ...
False.
> We don't *need* to do things this way, of course ...
True.
Having gone through the pain of numstr implementation, I suggest that
normal variables should not be forced to do anything so unnatural.
(Customized PMCs can of course respond with anything they like.)
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Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3K