[Bese-devel] Re: Another parenscript issue

[Luca Capello]

Hello!

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:41:34 +0100, Pierre THIERRY wrote:
> Scribit Marco Baringer dies 27/11/2006 hora 15:19:
>> does this work:
[...]
> Well, maybe the notion of neutral operand (not sure if it's the correct
> ENglish term) would fit there: 0 for + and -, 1 for * and /:
>
> (js:js* '(- 4)) ==> "-4;"  ; 0-4
> (js:js* '(+ 4)) ==> "4;"   ; 0+4
> (js:js* '(/ 4)) ==> "1/4;" ; 1/4
> (js:js* '(* 4)) ==> "4;"   ; 1*4
>
>> or do we want to be smart and special case just - ?
>
> I'll say special case either just '- or both '- and '/.

FWIW, I'd prefer a similar output for the four cases, thus to be not
smart neither special, it's just "better" at my sight ;-)

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
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