petdance/scratch — Issue #159: PMC to Float conversion not working as documented
Author: petdance
Created: 2011-11-01 04:25:02+00:00
State: open

Here are lines 1101-1104 of ''docs/book/pir/ch04_variables.pod'':
{{{
$P1 = box "5 birds"
$S1 = $P1 # the string "5 birds"
$I1 = $P1 # the integer 5
$N1 = $P1 # the number 5.0
}}}
On the basis of the comments, if I were to `say` each of the 4 variables receiving assignment, I would expect the output to be:
{{{
5 birds
5 birds
5
5.0
}}}
This is not the case.
{{{
[study] 511 $ cat 5birds.pir
.sub main :main
$P1 = box "5 birds"
$S1 = $P1
$I1 = $P1
$N1 = $P1
say $P1
say $S1
say $I1
say $N1
.end
[study] 512 $ ./parrot 5birds.pir
5 birds
5 birds
5
0
}}}
Is this merely a documentation error? Or is it something more serious?

Thank you very much.

kid51 (working his way thru the PIR book)