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bug#1018: 23.0.60; Calculator Units Table "weirdness"


From: Jay Belanger
Subject: bug#1018: 23.0.60; Calculator Units Table "weirdness"
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:26:54 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux)

David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net> writes:
...
>>From the units table (u v in calc):
>
>  tsp          492892159375 10^-11 ml      Teaspoon

The values are stored that way, instead of as a float, when they are
exact.

> is common, but at least the "Teaspoon" should be changed to
>
>  tsp          4.92892159375 ml      Teaspoon

I'll add optional element to the `math-standard-units' entries that will
determine how to display the definition in the table, so the tsp
definition will be displayed as in the second case above.  (I don't want
to change the definition or have the table display all fractions as
floats, so I'll have Calc determine how to display the entry on a case
by case basis.)  Perhaps there should also be an indicator in the
displayed table telling whether the definition is exact or not.

Jay






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