From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Roland Winkler" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13580: 24.2.92; regression in calc-convert-units Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:19:04 -0600 Message-ID: <20756.6728.538018.169281@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <87y5fdq72z.fsf@lukas.physics.niu.edu> <87y5fau50b.fsf@truman.edu> <20755.59013.344289.873545@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87liazq4su.fsf@gmail.com> <20756.3431.129502.895875@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87liazn9ir.fsf@gmail.com> <20756.5321.329711.746535@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87d2wb3k4e.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1360272013 7768 80.91.229.3 (7 Feb 2013 21:20:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 21:20:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13580@debbugs.gnu.org To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 07 22:20:34 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U3YtV-0000wP-S2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:20:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50082 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3YtC-0004es-PW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:20:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36395) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3Yt5-0004b6-ND for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:20:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3Yt1-0004TT-Qm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:20:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37045) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3Yt1-0004TL-Ny for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:20:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3Yt0-0007So-Cw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:20:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Roland Winkler" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13580 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13580-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13580.136027195028620 (code B ref 13580); Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13580) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Feb 2013 21:19:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42509 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3Ys9-0007RY-VF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:19:10 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:49080) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3Ys6-0007RO-Ku for 13580@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:19:07 -0500 Original-Received: from adsl-68-77-17-140.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net ([68.77.17.140]:44035 helo=regnitz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U3Ys6-0007Hr-NK; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:19:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87d2wb3k4e.fsf@gmail.com> X-Mailer: VM 8.2 trial under 24.2.93.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:70845 Archived-At: On Thu Feb 7 2013 Jay Belanger wrote: > > >> > Please recognize the difference between dimensionless and unitless. > >> > 3 ft/in is dimensionless, but it has the unit "ft/in". > >> > >> "The expression is unitless when simplified" > > > > I am sorry, this is a rather unique interpretation of the concept of > > "dimensions" vs "units" in physics. > > I honestly have no idea what you are talking about, but you > certainly aren't addressing what I am saying. Please respond to > what I write. I've been consistently talking about units, not > dimensions; I have given no interpretation of "dimensions" vs > "units". The expression above has no units when simplified; that's > a pretty straightforward statement. I give up