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25.0.50; [PATCH] Calc: glitches with negation of units

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Message #29 received at 19582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger <at> gmail.com>
To: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
Cc: jay.p.belanger <at> gmail.com, 19582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19582: 25.0.50; [PATCH] Calc: glitches with negation of units
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:57:04 -0600

> So the issue seems to be this:
>
> In emacs -Q, do `M-x calc' then convert, say 1m, to cm, i.e.,
>
> ' 1 m <return> u c c m <return>
>
> This gives `100 cm' on top of the stack (a plain integer scalar).
>
> Next, start another emacs -Q instance, do `M-x calc' and then, before
> anything else, `M-: (load-library "calc-units")'.
>
> Now the same conversion exercise as before gives `100. cm' on the stack
> instead (a calc float).

Huh.
Thanks.
Well, now I see what you need to use math-equal.

As for the float, I'll see if I can fix that before the next release.

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