On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 09:47:50PM -0400, David Fishburn wrote:
>> The main problem with floating point is that the usual notation already
>> has a meaning:
>>
>> echo 123.456
>> 123456
>>
>> That is because "." is the concatenation operator, and numbers are
>> automatically converted to strings.
>>
>> I considered a few alternatives:
>>
>> 123,456 used for function arguments
>> float("123,456") too verbose
>> #123.456 has a meaning after == and !=
>> $123.456 confusion with $ENV
>>
>> The best I could think of was &123.456. It's a bit obscure, you need to
>> get used to it. But it works.
>>
>> echo &123.456e-3
>> 0.123456
>>
>> Feel free to suggest something better, but make sure it doesn't already
>> mean something in any context in Vim script.
>
> Why not leave it as specifying e on the end of any floating point number.
>
> 123.456e-3
> 123.456e+0
>
> And so on? That would prevent any confusion, unless of course that is
> already used.
Already used:
:let e=1
:echo 1.23e+0
123 1
I made the same mistake :)
GI
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