Re: gnuplot cvs source bug

[Pentek I. G. <pen...@in...>]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:53:24 +0200, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote
> Péntek Imre wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I use gnuplot compiled by me from cvs source, I found this bug:
> > Terminal type set to 'x11'
> > gnuplot> plot exp(2/3*x);
> > Warning: empty y range [1:1], adjusting to [0.99:1.01]
> 
> That's not a bug.  That's just integer arithmetic.  Try the 
> following two commands in a gnuplot prompt, and you'll see it:
> 
> 	print 2/3
> 	print 2.0/3
> 
> And before you ask: yes, this documented behaviour.  See "help expressions".
this is not a feature, its a very annoying malfunction. when I write 2/3 I'm 
not thinking about computer-executed mathematical computations, but thinking 
about mathematical operation. the two of the above ones should be equivalent.
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