GNU bug report logs - #13580
24.2.92; regression in calc-convert-units

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Reported by: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2.92

Done: Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger <at> gmail.com>

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From: Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger <at> gmail.com>
To: "Roland Winkler" <winkler <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jay.p.belanger <at> gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 13580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13580: 24.2.92; regression in calc-convert-units
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:41:11 -0600

>> Okay; if the variable `calc-allow-units-as-numbers' is nil, then that
>> is disabled.
>
> Thanks. - Shouldn't the name be reversed: calc-allow-numbers-as-units?

Well, there's a lot of information to be put into a variable name, but I
thought of it as short for
 "Allow (expressions involving) units (to be treated) as numbers (in certain
  situations ...)"
But ideally, the variable will probably be ignored or set once and then
ignored.
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