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.)
-- 
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

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