'#/some/list' `read' different?

thi (ttn@netcom.com)
Thu, 2 Jul 1998 03:28:41 -0700 (PDT)

hi everyone,

i do not understand the session transcript that follows. why is `3'
interpreted as a symbol? is this something i should fix in
boot-9.scm? (looks like `read' is applied inconsistently (like, not
at all) in `read-path-list-notation'.) should there be a two-step
conditional read to handle literals (w/ failure => symobl->string)?

thanks,
thi

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guile> #/+/3/5
ERROR: While evaluating arguments to + in expression (+ 3 5):
ERROR: Unbound variable: 3
ABORT: (misc-error)

Type "(backtrace)" to get more information.
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