X3J11 Pleasanton meeting summary
Doug Gwyn
gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL
Mon Oct 8 23:18:40 AEST 1990
In article <26889 at mimsy.umd.edu> chris at mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
>Seriously, I think it is much better for the library to scan the number
>as `1.2' and leave the `e+4xy' unread.
That was my opinion, too, but X3J11 decided otherwise.
I think the main motivation was the abhorrence many members have to
the idea that when scanning an input stream they might have to "push
back" several characters.
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