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[calc] calc-command-flags not even defvarr'ed..
From: |
Deepak Goel |
Subject: |
[calc] calc-command-flags not even defvarr'ed.. |
Date: |
16 Oct 2001 09:58:03 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.3 |
in my calc-version
"2.02f"
(math-pow 2 1000)
will refuse to work (even if i ensure all calc files are loaded),
unless i (defvar calc-command-flags nil).
This variable should somewhere be defvarr'ed in the package..
Calc is an *awesome* package.. it makes emacs read arbitrarily large
numbers..
for instance,
(math-mul 1234 1234)
==> (bigpos 756 522 1)
meaning: 1,522,756.
Calc is very likely to be used by kinda-advanced lisp programmers
(rather than emacs-novices..), so they are even more likely to use
calc in their own lisp programs than in the user-interface provided..
it seems that more attention has gone into ensuring that the
user-interface works rather than ensuring that the standalone lisp
functions work.. :(
With a million thanks to the author of calc fro writing it, and to the
maintainers as well..
Deepak <URL:http://www.glue.umd.edu/~deego>
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- [calc] calc-command-flags not even defvarr'ed..,
Deepak Goel <=