id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	difficulty
333	read/write invariance on symbols consisting of digits	Jim Ursetto		"{{{
(symbol->string
 (with-input-from-string
  (with-output-to-string
   (lambda ()
    (write (string->symbol ""3""))))
  read))

Error: (symbol->string) bad argument type - not a symbol: 3
}}}

because the 3 is read as a number.  In other words, (string->symbol ""3"") should return |3| not 3.  It works fine for floating point numbers, though.

{{{
#;11> (string->symbol ""1.3"")
|1.3|
#;12> (string->symbol ""3"")
3
}}}
"	defect	closed	minor		core libraries	4.5.x	fixed	3 is the loneliest symbol