From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
To: Tomas Nordin <tomasn@posteo.net>
Cc: 40892@debbugs.gnu.org, Aitor Soroa <a.soroa@ehu.eus>,
Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: bug#40892: 26.3; emacs calculator.el: return values are truncated integers
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:57:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85v9ligu8s.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871ro9b8cz.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Tomas Nordin's message of "Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:12:12 +0200")
>>> M-x calculator
>>> 22 / 7
>>>
>>> The answer is '3'.
>> ELISP> (/ 22 7)
>> 3 (#o3, #x3, ?\C-c)
>> ELISP> (/ 22 7.0)
>> 3.142857142857143
>
> It might be a bit surprising through an interface that is meant to be
> similar to popular calc apps (if meant so). On the other hand maybe one
> wants to do integer divisions as well. This report could be a suggestion
> of a new variable like 'treat-input-integers-as-floats'.
There is already an integer division operation:
22.0 / 7 RET ===> 3.143
22.0 \ 7 RET ===> 3
But we probably do still want an option, just because existing users may
want to keep the current behaviour.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-29 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-27 7:12 bug#40892: 26.3; emacs calculator.el: return values are truncated integers Aitor Soroa
2020-04-27 8:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-04-27 9:12 ` Tomas Nordin
2020-04-29 15:57 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2020-04-30 12:53 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-04-30 12:59 ` Noam Postavsky
2020-04-30 13:15 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-04-30 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-30 17:08 ` Eli Barzilay
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