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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, CBFalconer wrote:

> I still consider the acceptance of signs in the unsigned
> varieties to be an error,

It isn't an error.  Any valid string representation of a negative number
is still a valid representation of _a_ number, and all string conversion
functions must accept it as valid input, regardless of whether they can
actually convert it to their return type.

> TC 2.01 does NOT accept them! which seems sane, if non-conforming.

No, _that_ is insane.

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Esa Peuha
student of mathematics at the University of Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/~peuha/