Parse Int64 supports whitespace, parse FixedDecimal does not

[mbravenboer]

Example:

julia> parse(Int64, "    5   ")
5

julia> parse(FixedDecimal{Int64,2}, "    5.0   ")
ERROR: ArgumentError: invalid digit: ' '

julia> parse(FixedDecimal{Int64,2}, "5.0")
FixedDecimal{Int64,2}(5.00)

julia> parse(Float64, "    3.14   ")
3.14

julia> parse(Float64, "    3 . 14   ")
ERROR: ArgumentError: cannot parse "    3 . 14   " as Float64

[omus]

That's interesting. I'd personally lean towards parse(Int64, ...) and parse(Float64, ...) not support whitespace

[NHDaly]

Hmm, yeah i'm ambivalent. I guess accepting whitespace is also what C++'s parsing functions do as well (io >> x).

Given the julia behavior i'd say we should just do the same?