expr(1) fails on negative arguments (with fix)

Charles C. Bennett ccb at decvax.UUCP
Wed Jun 11 16:12:17 AEST 1986


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Nice fix. Try "expr -5 * ---6". The problem cannot be correctly fixed w/out
going all out and implementing UMINUS is the yacc grammar. Any takers?

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Chas Bennett
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