Comment 2 for bug 159156

There are at least two problems though:

1. The error message was misleading.
2. The symbol was displayed as a number.

Fixed both in the version I have. Now you get:

> (/ 710 (string->symbol "2438910625983150"))
Unhandled exception
 Condition components:
   1. &error
   2. &who: /
   3. &message: "not a number"
   4. &irritants: (\x32;438910625983150)

Will publish fix soon.

Thanks for the report.

Aziz,,,