From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Randal L. Schwartz" <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Subject: Re: In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:59:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwviqt6vlpo.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <buohc8r9g6w.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:48:07 +0900")
>> Again "a b" is not the same as "a * b", and "ab" is even a lot
>> more different (given the lack of even a space, it's hard to argue that
>> there could be something that binds more tightly).
>> So this argument is irrelevant. I.e. I agree if Calc gives higher
>> precedence to the implicit multiplication operator, but not if it does
>> so to the "*" multiplication operator.
> Hm but in calc there doesn't seem to be any differentiation between
> "implicit" and "explicit" multiplication... You can enter "a b / c d"
> and it is displayed the same (without the *, by default) as if you enter
> "a*b / c*d". I guess it just treats them as different names for the
> same thing...
That both operators are accepted and get represented internally as the
same ASA node doesn't mean they have to have the same precedence.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-08 12:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-07 16:06 In CVS Emacs, calc-eval gives multiplication higher precidence than division Francis Litterio
2008-09-07 16:37 ` Jay Belanger
2008-09-07 18:15 ` Francis Litterio
2008-09-07 19:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-07 20:19 ` bug#920: " Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-07 20:32 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2008-09-07 20:34 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-07 20:38 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2008-09-07 20:42 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-07 20:50 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2008-09-07 21:07 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-08 6:39 ` Ulrich Mueller
2008-09-08 7:07 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-07 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-07 23:30 ` Jay Belanger
2008-09-08 0:50 ` Jason Rumney
2008-09-08 1:13 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2008-09-08 3:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-08 8:48 ` Miles Bader
2008-09-08 12:59 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2008-09-08 13:29 ` martin rudalics
2008-09-08 7:26 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-07 21:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-08 10:30 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-09-08 11:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2008-09-08 20:33 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-09-08 20:39 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-08 20:43 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2008-09-08 20:53 ` bug#914: " Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-08 20:53 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-08 22:59 ` bug#914: " Jay Belanger
2008-09-08 23:44 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-09 13:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-09 14:36 ` Francis Litterio
2008-09-09 16:26 ` Ulrich Mueller
2008-09-09 16:41 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-30 4:10 ` Leo
2008-09-08 21:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-09 8:11 ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-09 13:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-09 17:03 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-09 17:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-08 13:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-07 20:35 ` Jay Belanger
2008-09-07 21:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-07 21:19 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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