On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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Doing math in the parser is the wrong solution for
this. Give the
users string manipulation functions and save the math for integer only
calculations and sausage making like table layout. Finite precision
math simply can't be guaranteed to produce reasonable results for
non-integer "content math" purpose.
I am happy to agree with you that there would be many uses for string
functions, including places related to number manipulation.
I don't think that obviates the need for math functions to behave in
intuitive ways under as many widely used cases as possible, though.
-Robert Rohde