> Since 1.5 coerces to 1, shouldn't "1.5" also coerce to 1?
The doc says "Coerce to BigInteger", but that doesn't include double-
quoted numbers. If (bigint) can't make up what you give it, it'll try
BigInteger(byte[] val) or BigInteger(String val). Java calls can
create inconsistencies but in thi
Hello Bill,
> user=> (bigint "1")
> 1
> user=> (bigint "1.5")
> java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string:
> "1.5" (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0)
>
> Since 1.5 coerces to 1, shouldn't "1.5" also coerce to 1?
This comes from Java's implementation of BigInteger
user=> (new BigInteger "1.5")
java.lang.Nu
I ran across this while editing http://clojure-examples.appspot.com:
user=> (bigint 1)
1
user=> (bigint 1.5)
1
user=> (bigint "1")
1
user=> (bigint "1.5")
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string:
"1.5" (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0)
Since 1.5 coerces to 1, shouldn't "1.5" also coerce to 1?
user=>
