[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #38270] miscellaneous package: units conversion from degC to K fails with units 1.0

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #38270 (project octave):

                  Status:            Works For Me => Confirmed              
                 Summary: Units conversion from degC to K has syntax error =>
miscellaneous package: units conversion from degC to K fails with units 1.0

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Follow-up Comment #4:

I've checked 3 versions of the units program and confirmed that they do have
different formats that the units function does not handle.

units-1.0 (fetched from
http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/misc_cmds/misc_cmds-31/units/):

$ units degC K
         (-> x*1 +273.15)
         (<- y*1 -273.15)


units-1.88:

$ units degC K
        * 1
        / 1


units-2.00:

units degC K
Currency exchange rates from 2012-06-06 
        * 1
        / 1


Only versions greater than 1.0 and less than 2.00 currently work with the
units function.

Also note that no versions since 1.53 (when units became GNU units) output the
full definition of nonlinear unit conversions, so even when the syntax error
is fixed the conversion between degC and degK or degF will not be correct.

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