The sentence is ambiguous. It can be fixed. Let's fix it rather than argue about it - fixing it will not make it worse in any way.
/ David Hedbor
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2003-02-11 00:47: Subject: Re: Implicit vs. explicit type casting with Pike
The context is given by the first sentence, not by Pike knowledge. With the interpretation you made, the sentences have to to be unrelated.
/ Martin Stjernholm, Roxen IS