Re: Trivial typo in 5.4.0 manual

[Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>]

> On Sep 22, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Op So., 23 Sep. 2018 om 01:20 het Tim Hill <drtimhill@gmail.com> geskryf:
>> 
>> 
>> It’s very trivial, but I just noticed this is section 8.1 of the 5.4.0 work2 reference manual:
>> 
>> "the new implementation preserves the implicit type of the numeral in the string”
>> 
>> This should probably be “number” .. “numeral” refers to a single digit (e.g. “seven” or ‘7” or “Roman numeral"), not an entire number.
> 
> "A Numeral is a figure, symbol, or group of figures or symbols
> denoting a number." — Wikipedia
> 

As I said it’s a trivial point, and I expected something like the above. So, how many Roman numerals are there in the string “XVI” ?

—Tim