Comments and some bugs

[Jens Axel Søgaard <jensaxel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The idea of a SRFI for easy formatting of numbers
are good.


Comments
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  - the name OBJECT->STRING is more "Schemy"
    (it's pretty long though)

  - I find the name of the parameter DEPTH in the documentation
    confusing. (It makes me think in two dimensional output)

  - An way to get a hard limit on the width of numbers would be
    convenient.

    > (fmt -1.3333 5 4 'hard-width)
    "-1.33"

  - The
        [[<width>] [<depth>] [<char>] [<radix>] [<plus>] [<exactness>]]
    should probably be
        [<width>] [[<depth>] [[<char>] [[<radix>] [[<plus>]
        [<exactness>]]]]]]

  - I think the exactness parameter is underspecified.
    E.g. what happens if I use 'e with an inexact number?

  - I find the specification of the (FMT <others>) a little too short


BUGS
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1. There appears to be a problem in the case
   where a negative number is truncated:

     > (fmt -1.55555 3 2)
     "-1.54"

   My TI-83 writes "-1.56".


2.

   I don't understand this behaviour:

    > (fmt -5.0 0 #\space 10 + 'e)
    . fmt: exact number cannot have a decimal point 10 depth

    > (fmt -5 0 #\space 10 + 'e)
    . fmt: exact number cannot have a decimal point 10 depth

3.

    ; DrScheme prints exact rationals as p/q
    > (fmt 1/2 0 #\space 10 +)
    "+1/2.0000000000"

    > (fmt 1/2)
    "1/2"
    > (fmt 1/2 5)
    "  1/2"
    > (fmt 1/2 5 0)

    ; The period should be there when depth is 0
    " 1/2."
    > (fmt 1/2 5 2)
    "1/2.00"

    ; my fault forgot #\space, but strange error
    > (fmt 1/2 5 2 10)
    . fmt: bad argument (10) (null? (10))

     ; An error saying that radix should be 'b 'd 'o or 'x would
     ; be more helpful
    > (fmt 1/2 5 2 #\space 10)
    . fmt: bad argument (10) (null? (10))

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Jens Axel Søgaard