[Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] #870: SRFI-13's string comparison procedures return integers

[Jim Ursetto]

Attached patch fixes ticket #870.

0001-Ensure-that-srfi-13-string-and-its-string-comparison.patch.txt
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On Jun 18, 2012, at 6:58 PM, Chicken Trac wrote:

> #870: SRFI-13's string comparison procedures return integers
> ----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
> Reporter:  mario                       |       Owner:       
>     Type:  defect                      |      Status:  new  
> Priority:  major                       |   Milestone:       
> Component:  core libraries              |     Version:  4.7.x
> Keywords:  srfi-13, string comparison  |  
> ----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
> CHICKEN procedures from the srfi-13 unit for string comparison return
> integers, while SRFI-13 (and the wiki documentation for SRFI-13) state
> that they return booleans.
> 
> The following SRFI-13 procedures (and their case-insensitive counterparts)
> return integers in chicken:
> 
>   * string=
>   * string<>
>   * string<=
>   * string<
>   * string>=
>   * string>
> 
> I'm not sure if the behavior of these procedures in CHICKEN deviate from
> SRFI-13's by design or if it is really a bug.
> 
> If that's the intended behavior, we have to fix the documentation and add
> a note about that deviation.
> 
> -- 
> Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/870>
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