From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.50; calc: units conversion changes value Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:59:30 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87y7dty99l.fsf@wilson.homeunix.com> 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: ger.gmane.org 1193194795 22489 80.91.229.12 (24 Oct 2007 02:59:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:59:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 24 04:59:53 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 1IkWTJ-0003B8-7v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:59:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IkWTB-0001dg-7J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IkWT7-0001aj-F3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IkWT6-0001ZB-Vf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IkWT6-0001Yq-HX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:40 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IkWT6-0008Az-Cl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IkWT5-0001x9-Ps for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IkWT2-0008AN-Nq for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:39 -0400 Original-Received: from s1.cableone.net ([24.116.0.227]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IkWT0-00089G-3G for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:59:36 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (unverified [24.117.100.114]) by S1.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S1) with ESMTP id 128594332-1872270 for multiple; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:59:32 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87y7dty99l.fsf@wilson.homeunix.com> (Torsten Bronger's message of "Tue\, 23 Oct 2007 20\:29\:42 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 50, in=24, out=0, spam=0 ip=24.117.100.114 X-Originating-IP: 24.117.100.114 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:81614 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:20187 Archived-At: Torsten Bronger writes: > In Emacs Calc, when I try to convert between incompatible units, > Calc refuses to convert, which is totally correct behaviour. Calc will convert to incompatible units, sort of; if the target units are incompatible, it will multiply them by the appropriate fundamental units to make the augmented target units compatible. > However, in some cases it changes the value of the quantity, which > isn't in my opinion: > > Current value on stack: "1". Then "calc-convert-units", Old units: > 1, new units: cm^2. The new value on the stack is "100" but I > expect "1". Thanks for catching this; it's been fixed in CVS. Jay