https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158620

--- Comment #5 from ady <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Eike Rathke from comment #4)
> However, TRANSPOSE() silently omitting values if the transposed matrix does
> not have sufficient cells dimension to be held should generate _some_ error,
> IMHO.. probably #REF! but if Excel uses #SPILL! (does it?) for this very
> situation then we could introduce that as well.
> 
> So maybe we should change this request from anything #SPILL! error related
> to the actual use case described. Doing so.

Now we are back to the original Summary field.

FWIW, TRANSPOSE() is not a new function (as Eike knows), whereas the #SPILL!
error is directly related to the post-array-formulas era (i.e. dynamic arrays),
not supported by Calc ATM.

While I see the potential need to receive some kind of warning regarding the
procedure described in comment 0, I am not sure that getting an error on the
cell result (e.g. #REF!) is adequate; the result within the cell is correct.

There are similar operations that will get a warning, not an error in valid
cells. For instance, copy an entire column with content on row 17000 and then
"paste special > transpose" to some row will trigger the warning:
"There is not enough space on the sheet to insert here."

The negative consequence is that _no_ cell gets a result, but the user is
warned. I'm not sure the balance between the pros and cons is positive, in any
of these cases.

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