https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148488
--- Comment #13 from Michal Svoboda <mic...@svobi.ch> --- > Which specific *user problem* is this intended to solve, other than > satisfying someone's sense of beauty? I suppose that there is no one who uses > Calc, who would in practice benefit from this. There are many formulae in the realm of e.g. physics, which require the calculation of fractional roots. Evaluation of the parameters involved in such a formula may lead to the base being negative, this usually indicates an error in the entire chain of calculations or in the values entered - the practical problem here is to analyze the chain of calculations for the error. Proper indication of the error condition helps ensure the calculation is robust. > Spreadsheets are *specific* domain, with some conventions and > simplifications. We also do not try to implement physics of time, when > implement time functions; and this one looks very much trying to implement in > spreadsheets something that is more suitable for computer algebra systems. Agreed, adding up to the point error messages actually prevents any need of implementing things that cannot be (easily) implemented in spreadsheets and sends a message "this is not a proper tool for your problem", i.e. avoiding false expectations. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
