| Type | Bug | Status | tested | Date | 24-Jan-2010 09:59 |
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| Version | alpha 96 | Category | Syntax | Submitted by | Sunanda |
| Platform | All | Severity | minor | Priority | normal |
| Summary | Whitespace requirements inconsistent with money! and operators |
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| Description |
This works: >> $1/$2 == $0.50000000000000000000000000 Other, seemingly equivalent operations do not: >> $1*$2 ** Syntax error: invalid "money" -- "$1*$2" >> $1+$2 ** Syntax error: invalid "money" -- "$1+$2" >> $1-$2 ** Syntax error: invalid "money" -- "$1-$2" And this fails in two different ways: >> $1 ** $2 ** Script error: ** does not allow money! for its exponent argument >> $1**$2 ** Syntax error: invalid "money" -- "$1**$2" |
| Example code |
Expect true here: error? try [$1/$1] |
| Assigned to | n/a | Fixed in | alpha 97 | Last Update | 8-Feb-2010 03:33 |
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| Comments | |
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(0001927)
meijeru 24-Jan-2010 10:47 |
Seems to me the problem is the special treatment of / . It is the only one that works without spaces since the lexical scan pays special attention to it.
As an aside, the interdiction of exponentiation is somewhat debatable, in my view, but this would warrant another ticket. As another aside, I would submit that having $1 / $2 give a result of type money! goes against my "physical intuition" -- if the money! type really means money (i.e. quantity + denomination), the quotient should be a dimensionless number, i.e. of decimal! type. Compare 0.5 * $2 == $1. On the other hand, the money! type practically means nothing more than "having a precise decimal representation". That might warrant a change of the type name if the consequences were not too heavy... |
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(0001948)
Carl 4-Feb-2010 13:31 |
Fixed, and also noticed and fixed the similar 1.2/abc case.
Meijeru: yes, it's the datatype literal designation. There are very few characters available as alternates, and it's a legacy issue. Programmers should understand $123 to be precise decimal datatype. The $ does not represent a unit, but a method of computation. |
| Date | User | Field | Action | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-Feb-2010 03:33 | BrianH | Status | Modified | built => tested |
| 4-Feb-2010 13:42 | carl | Comment : 0001948 | Modified | - |
| 4-Feb-2010 13:34 | carl | Status | Modified | reviewed => built |
| 4-Feb-2010 13:34 | carl | Fixedin | Modified | => alpha 97 |
| 4-Feb-2010 13:34 | carl | Comment : 0001948 | Modified | - |
| 4-Feb-2010 13:31 | carl | Comment : 0001948 | Added | - |
| 29-Jan-2010 23:00 | BrianH | Version | Modified | alpha 97 => alpha 96 |
| 29-Jan-2010 23:00 | BrianH | Status | Modified | submitted => reviewed |
| 29-Jan-2010 23:00 | BrianH | Category | Modified | Error Handling => Syntax |
| 29-Jan-2010 23:00 | BrianH | Code | Modified | - |
| 29-Jan-2010 23:00 | BrianH | Description | Modified | - |
| 29-Jan-2010 23:00 | BrianH | Summary | Modified | whitespace requirements inconsistent with money maths => Whitespace requirements inconsistent with money! and operators |
| 24-Jan-2010 11:02 | meijeru | Comment : 0001927 | Modified | - |
| 24-Jan-2010 10:51 | meijeru | Comment : 0001927 | Modified | - |
| 24-Jan-2010 10:50 | meijeru | Comment : 0001927 | Modified | - |
| 24-Jan-2010 10:49 | meijeru | Comment : 0001927 | Modified | - |
| 24-Jan-2010 10:47 | meijeru | Comment : 0001927 | Added | - |
| 24-Jan-2010 09:59 | sunanda | Ticket | Added | - |