On a higher level of abstraction it is. sprintf("%O") converts an object to a (class specfic) string representation.
Yes, and %O is a theoretically class specific representation back.
But we're talking here of the reversal of sprintf("%f",object) rather then sprintf("%O",object).
/ Mirar
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2004-02-07 17:42: Subject: sscanf and Gmp.mpq
The functionality is not the opposite of sprintf("%O"):
On a higher level of abstraction it is. sprintf("%O") converts an object to a (class specfic) string representation. What your proposed conversion character does is to convert a (class specific) string representation to an object.
/ Marcus Comstedt (ACROSS) (Hail Ilpalazzo!)