bug#14254: 24.3; read-number fails to recognize faulty numbers (string-to-number to blame)

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> `call-interactively' doesn't use `read-number'.  It duplicates code
>>> from `read-number' with a similar loop to re-read non-numbers.
>> Could you try and see if/how the C code could be changed to just call
>> the Elisp function?
> I tried and see no problems with this patch:

Thank you, looks good: please install,


        Stefan