Re: String to Num (was Re: Numeric Literals (Summary))

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:11:21PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:57:33AM -0800, Michael Lazzaro wrote:
> : .... and _I'm_ trying to promote the reuse of the old "oct/hex" 
> : functions to do a similar both-way thing, such that:
> 
> What's a two-way function supposed to return if you pass it something
> that has both a string and a numeric value?  Convert it both directions?
> 
> Larry

It should return a junction, of course. :>

--Dks