Hi, Carl,
Carl Read wrote:
>
> I think we need it, but not so much because it'd be easier (perhaps)
> for programming, but because it's more descriptive. For instance, we
> know what this means...
>
> prompt-payment-discount: $5.25
>
> but does this...
>
> prompt-payment-discount: 5.25
>
> mean money or percent?
>
> If it was this though...
>
> prompt-payment-discount: 5.25%
>
> we would know.
>
That's what comments (or descriptive names) are for.
prompt-payment-discount-percent: 5.25
prompt-payment-discount-factor: 1.0 - (5.25 * 0.01)
or
prompt-payment-discount: 0.0525 ;; 5 1/4 percent
IMHO.
-jn-
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