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bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emac
From: |
Jay Belanger |
Subject: |
bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc) |
Date: |
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:42:55 -0600 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
> We can define a trivial unit
>
> (add-to-list 'math-additional-units '(one "1" "One"))
>
> So every plain, dimensionless number in Calc can be converted to
> ones. "7" becomes "7 one",
This will automatically be done when "exact output units" option is
chosen.
> Calc should interpret dimensionless numbers such as "7" equivalent
> to "7 one" without the need to explicitly make this trivial
> conversion in either direction.
...
> - If Calc finds a dimensionless number "7" on the stack, for unit
> conversions it gets interpreted as "7 one"
This would break current convert-units behavior, where a dimensionless
number can be interpreted by the user as any unit. This is why when the
user asks to convert a plain number, Calc asks for the old units. Calc
was written that way on purpose, and is a feature of Calc's units
handling.
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), (continued)
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Roland Winkler, 2012/01/20
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Jay Belanger, 2012/01/20
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Roland Winkler, 2012/01/20
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Jay Belanger, 2012/01/20
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Roland Winkler, 2012/01/20
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Jay Belanger, 2012/01/20
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Roland Winkler, 2012/01/21
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Jay Belanger, 2012/01/21
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Roland Winkler, 2012/01/21
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Jay Belanger, 2012/01/21
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc),
Jay Belanger <=
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Roland Winkler, 2012/01/21
- bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Roland Winkler, 2012/01/20
bug#10554: 24.0.92; No units specified (dimensionless quantities in Emacs Calc), Jay Belanger, 2012/01/20