Re: \unit problem with powers of ten.

[Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer@gmail.com>]

>> The '^' and 'e' all print a '10 ×' at the begining. It's what is expected
>> for
>> 'e' but not for '^'. Did I miss something?
>
>
> well, until now ^ and e were equivalent so if that has to change (say ^ no
> 10) then there need to be agreement about this as it's an incompatible
> change

I, for one, would expect 2^3 to mean '2 cubed', not 2x10^3. So I'd be
in favour of this change. Then again, I have no code that depends on
the old meaning...
--Sietse

P.s. Isn't MkIV known to be unstable? I thought the official advice
was "If you want stability, use (a) MkII, or (b) a stable version of
MkIV, or (c) a dedicated standalone install that you do not update.
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