Re: Plans for gnuplot version 5

[<pl...@pi...>]

On 04/17/14 19:40, Ethan A Merritt wrote:
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> On Thursday, 17 April, 2014 18:39:50 pl...@pi... wrote:
>> On 04/17/14 17:48, Philipp K. Janert wrote:
>>> Fair enough.
>>>
>>> And I will admit that the 1/2==0 problem bites
>>> me as well, occasionally.;-)
>>>
>>
>> I too find this a pain. Sometimes I forget , especially when it is a
>> variable that later is in denominator, since it's not immediately obvious.
>>
>> df=30
>> ....
>>
>> fit f(x) datafile using 1:($2/df) via m,c
>
> Huh?
>
> $2 is always a float, so $2/df is also always a float.
>
> 	Ethan
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>
>

OK , so now I'm putting dots where I don't need to in order to try to 
avoid writing integer divisions when I don't intend.

Underlines that this is confusing and a PITA.

regard, Peter.