[q-lang-users] Unparsing of Complex

[Rob H. <hub...@gm...>]

On 27/06/06, Albert Graef <Dr....@t-...> wrote:
> What's the right way to unparse complex 0 Y? Currently it's just "Y*i".
> But "0+Y*i" might actually be preferable, because it makes the unparsing
> of Complex more regular, and it's also the way that Octave and Matlab do
> it, so it might be considered "the standard".

You have already argued that X+0*i should not be parsed as just X,
even when the 0 is exact, in order that the value should appear to be
the complex value that it is. I agree.

Given that X+0*i is unparsed as X+0*i, then by symmetry 0+Y*i should
be unparsed as 0+Y*i.

That's my oar in.
Rob.