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Re: gEDA-user: -0 syntax error
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- Subject: Re: gEDA-user: -0 syntax error
- From: Bob Paddock <bob.paddock@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 08:47:43 -0500
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On Sunday 04 December 2005 07:53 am, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> if -0 occurs in Pad[ description in element file, it generates syntax
> error. When it's changed to 0, it's OK.
>
> I suggest to change the number reading code to accept -0. -0 is a
> perfectly valid number and is equal to 0.
Unrelated obscure note, but a negative zero is not allowed to
appear on scales in Canada. I did Weigh Scale project long ago
and that was the reason given for one of the requirements.
XCircuit use to have problems with leading signs, they caused
the parser to do math in places where math was not meant to be done.