SqNumberParser!

> Howdy folks!
>
> In working on Tirade I stumbled upon SqNumberParser and its history:
>
> http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=3512
>
> ...it was added to the image in 3.9 but not hooked into Scanner -
> Scanned still uses Number class>>readFrom:.
>
> Now... In Tirade I can use whichever - but using SqNumberParser  
> makes it
> more correct, and quite faster - although "less portable" since I  
> would
> depend on it. I will now make Tirade use SqNumberParser *if present*  
> in
> the image, otherwise fall back on Number class>>readFrom:. This  
> opens up
> some slight potential incompatibility issues, but whatever.
>
> Question: Is there anything stopping 3.9+ including Pharo to start  
> using
> SqNumberParser from Scanner>>xDigit?
>
> And oh, the class name is not so good IMHO, why the Sq prefix?
>
> And yeah, class var not used in SqNumberParser: BelllerophonBase10 :)
>
> regards, Göran
>
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