GNU bug report logs - #40892
26.3; emacs calculator.el: return values are truncated integers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Aitor Soroa <a.soroa <at> ehu.eus>

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:14:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Found in versions 26.3, 26.1

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Aitor Soroa <a.soroa <at> ehu.eus>
Cc: 40892 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40892: 26.3; emacs calculator.el: return values are truncated integers
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:14:09 +0200

On Apr 27 2020, Aitor Soroa wrote:

> The calculator.el: wrongly returns integers. For instance:
>
> emacs -Q
> M-x calculator
> 22 / 7
>
> The answer is '3'. Even worse, If I set calculator-remove-zeros to nil,
> then I get '3.000'

This is consistent with how Emacs Lisp works:

ELISP> (/ 22 7)
3 (#o3, #x3, ?\C-c)
ELISP> (/ 22 7.0)
3.142857142857143

Andreas.

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