Re: gp: Vecsmall("abc") suggestion

[Karim BELABAS <Karim.Belabas@math.u-psud.fr>]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Michael Somos wrote:
>       I have a little suggestion. Since 'Vecsmall()' and 'Vec()' behaves :
>
> ? Vecsmall("abc")
>   ***   incorrect type in vectosmall.
> ? Vec("abc")
> %1 = ["a", "b", "c"]
>
> Why not extend the behavior of 'Vecsmall()' as follows :
>
> ? Vecsmall("abc")
> %2 = Vecsmall([97, 98, 99])
>
> The code needed is already part of 'Vec()' and just needs to be slightly
> adjusted to prevent changing each character into a t_STR.

OK. Done in CVS.

    Karim.
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