Re: Re: error message Convert::incomp in units package of Mathematica 6.0
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- Subject: [mg76038] Re: [mg75996] Re: [mg75906] error message Convert::incomp in units package of Mathematica 6.0
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 04:53:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Well... I might use Off[Convert::incomp], but it's not right for On[Convert::incomp] to fail. Convert::incomp _is_ mentioned in the code for Convert, so it does look a bit like a bug. Bobby On Mon, 14 May 2007 04:02:06 -0500, Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: > I think you are being too harsh on error messages. Sometimes thay are > all that distinguishes a bug from a feature. ;-) > > Andrzej Kozlowski > > > On 14 May 2007, at 16:54, DrMajorBob wrote: > >> It worked perfectly in version 6, I'd say. >> >> Ugly error message should be shot. If they survive, they should be hung. >> >> Bobby >> >> On Sun, 13 May 2007 04:43:48 -0500, Hannes Kessler >> <HannesKessler at hushmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> the following different behavior is observed between Mathematica 5.2 >>> and 6.0: >>> >>> Version 5.2 >>> >>> Needs["Miscellaneous`Units`"] >>> On[Convert::incomp] >>> Convert[10 Meter, Kilogram] >>> --> Error message: Convert::incomp: Incompatible units in 10 Meter and >>> Kilogram. >>> Output: 10 Meter >>> >>> Version 6.0 >>> >>> Needs["Units`"] >>> On[Convert::incomp] >>> Convert[10 Meter, Kilogram] >>> --> No error message, only output: 10 Meter >>> >>> Presumably a bug of Mathematica 6.0 >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Hannes Kessler >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> --DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com >> > > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com
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- Re: error message Convert::incomp in units package of Mathematica 6.0
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob@bigfoot.com>
- Re: error message Convert::incomp in units package of Mathematica 6.0