From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:13:42 -0500 Message-ID: <878xaetupl.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87y7kvxj6p.fsf@arcor.de> <87odlrkn74.fsf@truman.edu> <87tzvhcul9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <863b2z2mma.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <55350.128.165.123.18.1176926533.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <86ps5zuwmi.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <87ps5zi1h2.fsf@truman.edu> <87abuu8xaz.fsf@gmail.com> <877ipy8vhd.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> Reply-To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182359646 19000 80.91.229.12 (20 Jun 2007 17:14:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:14:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 20 19:14:04 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I13ko-0002p7-6n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:14:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I13kn-00073Y-HJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:14:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I13ki-00072K-OI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:13:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I13kg-00071s-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:13:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I13kg-00071n-3P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:13:54 -0400 Original-Received: from s3.cableone.net ([24.116.0.229]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I13kf-0003xU-OF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:13:53 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (unverified [24.117.100.184]) by S3.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S3) with ESMTP id 112593343 for multiple; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:13:44 -0700 In-Reply-To: <877ipy8vhd.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> (Kim F. Storm's message of "Wed\, 20 Jun 2007 18\:02\:38 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 9, First 80, in=39, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.100.184 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:73448 Archived-At: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: ... > According to the doc, setting calc-multiplication-has-precedence to nil gives > precedence to / over *. > > IIRC, the objection was that people expected equal precedence with > left to right evaluation (as in C). Giving / precedence over * > doesn't fix that - it just gives another "wrong" result. When would it give the "wrong" result? At any rate, setting calc-multiplication-has-precedence to nil should probably give equal precedence for aesthetic reasons; that's a trivial fix that I'll make this afternoon. Jay