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From: ccb@decvax.UUCP (Charles C. Bennett)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd,net.bugs.v7,net.bugs.2bsd,net.bugs.usg
Subject: Re: expr(1) fails on negative arguments (with fix)
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Date: Wed, 11-Jun-86 02:12:17 EDT
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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?

decvax!ccb
Chas Bennett
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