real syntax broken [requires leading digit]

[Ken Dickey]

Ikarus Scheme version 0.0.3+ (revision 1510, build 2008-06-10)
Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Abdulaziz Ghuloum

> (string->number "0.8")
(string->number "0.8")
0.8
> (string->number ".8")
(string->number ".8")
0.8
> .8
.8
Unhandled exception
 Condition components:
   1. &assertion
   2. &who: *
   3. &message: "not a number"
   4. &irritants: (#f)
> ;; .8 ;; <<--used to work just fine

[Abdulaziz Ghuloum (aghuloum)]

Fixed in 1513. I refactored all the numeric parsing routines when I added complex numbers, so, I may have left a few things unchecked. Thanks for the report. (at least now I know you're still around :-))

PS. Thanks for the link to Baker paper--it made implementing the basic complex numbers much easier.