SBCL

*read-default-float-format* affects writing to string

Bug #1672829 reported by Brett van de Sande
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Bug Description

When I write a number to a string, the format is affected by *read-default-float-format*.
Example:

* (let ((*read-default-float-format* 'double-float))(write-to-string 3.0))

"3.0f0"
* (write-to-string 3.0)

"3.0"

SBCL 1.3.15 (Linux), I also see this bug in version 1.2.2 (OS X), but do not see the bug
in version 1.0.29 (Ubuntu Linux).

Revision history for this message
Stas Boukarev (stassats) wrote :

That's what *read-default-float-format* does.

Changed in sbcl:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Brett van de Sande (bvds) wrote :

Indeed, the previous behavior of SBCL was, in fact, a bug:
http://clhs.lisp.se/Body/v_rd_def.htm#STread-default-float-formatST

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