From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/' Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:35:43 -0400 Message-ID: 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> <87ejmbdr1x.fsf@truman.edu> <87d51sqinn.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177558558 31921 80.91.229.12 (26 Apr 2007 03:35:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:35:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 26 05:35:52 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 1Hgulq-0002J6-OJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:35:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgurX-0007tb-6U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:41:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HgurS-0007tH-Pm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:41:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HgurR-0007t5-M3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:41:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HgurR-0007t2-I5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:41:37 -0400 Original-Received: from tomts43.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.110] helo=tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hgulk-0001Zq-34 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:35:44 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([74.12.205.45]) by tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20070426033543.FVHL1646.tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net@pastel.home> for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:35:43 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 098078072; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:35:43 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87d51sqinn.fsf@gmail.com> (Jay Belanger's message of "Wed\, 25 Apr 2007 15\:54\:36 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Solaris 8 (1) 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:70147 Archived-At: > The reason for Calc's current behavior is because Dave Gillespie, > Calc's author, thought of "a b / c d" as representing I expect the reason is slightly different: it's that the same rule is used for "a * b / c * d" as for "a b / c d". The "juxtaposition operator" is traditionally assumed to have the highest precedence, so it of course parses as "(a b)/(c d)". Stefan