Re: (dsssl) format-number

[Jany Quintard <jany.quintard@xxxxxxx>]

* Jany Quintard [Thu, 24/04/2003 at 11:33 +0200]
> * tmcd@xxxxxxxxx [Wed, 23/04/2003 at 15:51 -0400]
> > Is there any reason to choose between
> >     (format-number N "1")
> > and
> >     (number->string N)
> > ?
> 
> I always assumed that "format-number" was designed to transform exact
> numbers, as for lists or such things.
> after reading the spec (8.5.7.24. Number to String Conversion),
> I see there seems to be no reason for this.
I stopped too soon. The format-number-list is said to work on a list of
*integers*. 
So format-number is probably designed to work on "ordinal" numbers.

Jany

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