From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Davis Herring" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:02:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <55350.128.165.123.18.1176926533.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> References: <87y7kvxj6p.fsf@arcor.de> <87odlrkn74.fsf@truman.edu> <87tzvhcul9.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <863b2z2mma.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> Reply-To: herring@lanl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176926555 18199 80.91.229.12 (18 Apr 2007 20:02:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:02:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Randal L. Schwartz" , emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" To: "Stefan Monnier" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 18 22:02:29 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 1HeGMC-0003eu-Of for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:02:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HeGR4-0001qC-AL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:07:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HeGR0-0001px-W3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HeGQz-0001pl-7f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:07:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HeGQz-0001pi-22 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:07:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov ([192.65.95.54] helo=mailwasher-b.lanl.gov) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HeGM6-0003IN-HL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:02:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailrelay3.lanl.gov (mailrelay3.lanl.gov [128.165.4.104]) by mailwasher-b.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id l3IK2FCT018349 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:02:16 -0600 Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (webmail1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.106]) by mailrelay3.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id l3IK2E8Z026288; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:02:14 -0600 Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by webmail1.lanl.gov (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l3IK2EO7006034; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:02:14 -0600 Original-Received: (from apache@localhost) by webmail1.lanl.gov (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id l3IK2D4t006031; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:02:13 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: webmail1.lanl.gov: apache set sender to herring@lanl.gov using -f Original-Received: from 128.165.123.18 (SquirrelMail authenticated user 196434) by webmail.lanl.gov with HTTP; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:02:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-4.el3.2lanl X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-PMX-Version: 4.7.1.128075 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:69578 Archived-At: > I don't think so. > > Theorem: the "/" is *not* a horizontal bar. > Proof: > > What parse tree do you expect from A+B/C+D? > > Is it the same as the one you expect from > > A + B > ----- > C + D > > QED. The "/" there can certainly be considered a horizontal bar: under the B, and over the C. B A + --- + D C Consider that no one would read y=x^2/2 as 2 y = x ------- 2 Davis -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping.