Re: Math expression evaluation error?

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>]

On 01/09/2015 01:40 PM, jdh wrote:
> Thanks for the detailed explanation.   I suggest that the an 
> additional line be added to the manual, which would say something like:
>
    {
    $ echo $(( 6+3/8. + 10 + 5/8  ))
    $ echo $(( 6+3/8  + 10 + 5/8. ))
    $ echo $(( 6+3/8. + 10 + 5/8. ))
    $ echo $(( 6+3/8  + 10 + 5/8  ))
    }

    16.375
    16.625
    17.
    16           << really?

    $ setopt force_float

    {
    $ echo $(( 6+3/8. + 10 + 5/8  ))
    $ echo $(( 6+3/8  + 10 + 5/8. ))
    $ echo $(( 6+3/8. + 10 + 5/8. ))
    $ echo $(( 6+3/8  + 10 + 5/8  ))
    }

    17.
    17.
    17.
    17.


Thanks for the heads up, I now know not to trust zsh math without the 
option.
I wonder tho why anyone would ever want the first set of results. 
Who/why/when
do we want bad math? Wouldn't we prefer accurate results as the default with
the option to have broken math for people who like broken math? Why not have
it work properly and that's that--nothing to explain, it just works as 
you'd expect it to work?

  6 + 3/8 + 10 + 5/8 ...
what sane calculator is going to give me '16' for that?