[Bugs] #1332 UNSP: Provide alternate number base display support in Calculate

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#1332: Provide alternate number base display support in Calculate
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    Reporter:  FGrose                     |          Owner:  rwh           
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  closed        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  not applicable
   Component:  Calculate                  |        Version:  Unspecified   
    Severity:  Unspecified                |     Resolution:  notabug       
    Keywords:                             |   Status_field:  New           
Distribution:  Unspecified                |      Seeta_dev:                
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Changes (by garycmartin):

  * status:  reopened => closed
  * resolution:  => notabug
  * milestone:  0.90 => not applicable


Comment:

 Closing this as a high ceiling case (unless we make a simple Sum activity
 with basic functions for 95% of our target users, I think Calculates
 feature complexity has already grown out of control for most. We need to
 improve stability and UI clarity, polish, not add yet more features).
 Please open a new feature request if you feel strongly and have a
 suggestion as to how the UI would need to work.

 FWIW: For the high ceiling use case, you can already use python standard
 integer presentation types if you want to input in a specific base or
 perform calculations in mixed bases using 0b for binary, 0o for octal and
 0x for hex:

 {{{
 0b111 = 7
 0b111+0b11 = 10
 0xf*0b10 = 30
 0o20 = 16
 }}}

 Perhaps this just needs to be better documented? Or new base secondary
 toolbar with buttons to insert these characters?

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1332#comment:7>
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