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Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/'


From: Jay Belanger
Subject: Re: Calc: `*' binds more strongly than `/'
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:09:03 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux)

Christian Schlauer <address@hidden> writes:
...
> This is something I just feel I have to mention before the release, as
> it is very confusing, IMHO: `*' binds more strongly than `/' in M-x
> calc.
...
> Later, I also found it in the Calc manual:
...
> I believe (but I do not know) that Calc's behaviour is (too) far from
> what `ordinary' people (like me ;-) would expect:
...
> I don't know if it is possible to change the current behaviour,

I agree with what you've said, and it wouldn't be hard to change the
behavior, but, as you say,

> The current behaviour was surely chosen for a reason,

I'm not sure what the reason was, and I'm not sure the behavior should
change without knowing why the unusual behavior was put in place to
begin with.

Jay




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