JOE Conner wrote:
... It seems to me that the Open Document format specifications should have nailed the format down precisely. Otherwise, the document can not fully portable.
The ODF Formula specification specifies the semicolon as the function argument separator.
However, the syntax specification only applies to the formula text that is stored in the document file. The application is free to use any character it wants, as long as it turns into a semicolon in the document file.
I must admit, it took me a looong time to get used to typing semicolons instead of commas, like every other function syntax I've ever used. I still find myself tripping over it.
I would be very happy to see OOo accept commas in the user interface when the effective locale would allow it, but it strikes me as opening a Pandora's box of complexity and bugs.
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