Signed Numbers Not Supported for Numeric Input

[sy-python]

Description: Trying to parse numeric input when the number has a sign (e.g. -5, +6) leads to ShakespeareRuntimeError

Sample Play:

The Folly Of The Writer, a tragedy in one act.

Romeo, Determined to expose every single mistake.  
Juliet, His ever-faithful companion.

Act I: The Error Begins.  
Scene I: A Sign Of Disaster.

[Enter Romeo and Juliet]

Romeo: Listen to your heart. Open your heart.

Expected Behaviour:
The program should correctly interpret signed numbers as valid input. When running the sample play with the following inputs, the expected outputs should be:

Input: 23
Output: 23

Input: -6
Output: -6

Input: +9
Output: 9

Actual Behaviour:
The program handles unsigned numbers correctly, but fails when parsing signed numbers, raising a ShakespeareRuntimeError. The following happens:

Input: 23
Output: 23

Input: -6
Error Raised: ShakespeareRuntimeError: No numeric input was given.

Input: +9
Error Raised: ShakespeareRuntimeError: No numeric input was given.

[zmbc]

This is a wonderful bug report! I'm wondering, is this behavior described in the Shakespeare specification, or is this behavior you've seen in other implementations (if so, which ones)?

[sy-python]

The SPL2C compiler that was originally posted on the sourceforge page and is still accessible on TryItOnline.

[zmbc]

Ok, that's good enough for me! 🙂