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

[Chong Yidong]

Jay Belanger <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.

I added a strong note to the calc manual, in the tutorial section on
algebraic entry, about this point.  (There are already multiple other
places in the Calc manual that re-iterate this).