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: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:54:50 -0500 Message-ID: <87ejmbdr1x.fsf@truman.edu> 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> <462C8EA2.9090003@gnu.org> Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177343957 9638 80.91.229.12 (23 Apr 2007 15:59:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:59:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: belanger@truman.edu To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 23 17:59:07 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 1Hg0wV-0006DO-13 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:59:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hg11u-0003ac-G4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:04:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hg0yB-0002E0-K2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hg0y9-0002DO-Sg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hg0y9-0002DF-HE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:49 -0400 Original-Received: from s1.cableone.net ([24.116.0.227]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hg0si-00039j-CN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:55:13 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain.truman.edu (unverified [24.117.100.184]) by S1.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S1) with ESMTP id 104698800 for multiple; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:54:52 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "Mon\, 23 Apr 2007 15\:03\:04 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.98 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 21, in=13, 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:69865 Archived-At: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: ... > I seem to be the only one who have spoken in favour of the current > precedence rule, but I'm only a casual user of calc, so my opinion > shouldn't matter here! You must have missed a few messages; you are by no means the only one in favor of the current rule. > Besides, I usually add () to mixtures of / and * anyway (for clarity > and/or to dictate a specific evaluation order to get maximum precision > in the result). Well, I think that's the proper way of doing it; even though there are rules for interpreting expressions like a*b/c*d, that doesn't mean writing the expression that way is a good thing to do -- it's just bad form. I don't think there is any difference between Calc's current precedence rule and the more standard one for properly written expressions. Jay