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bug#41347: 28.0.50; calculator.el: Cannot input negative exponents
From: |
Mattias Engdegård |
Subject: |
bug#41347: 28.0.50; calculator.el: Cannot input negative exponents |
Date: |
Sun, 17 May 2020 13:08:30 +0200 |
> @@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ calculator-string-to-number
> (let* ((str (replace-regexp-in-string
> "\\.\\([^0-9].*\\)?$" ".0\\1" str))
> (str (replace-regexp-in-string
> - "[eE][+-]?\\([^0-9].*\\)?$" "e0\\1" str)))
> + "[eE]\\([+-]?\\)?$" "e\\10" str)))
> (float (string-to-number str)))))
Thanks for the report and the suggested patch! However, I'm not sure what
either of these replace-regexp-in-string calls are good for. The first one
possibly to accept 1.e23 instead of 1e23; the second one is less clear.
Frankly, I think we can drop both.
Eli, do you remember?