RE: Gnumeric 0.76 experiences (long)

[Phillip Shelton <shelton usq edu au>]

So the test cases here would be a collection of XL saved files with invalid
formulae in them?

> -----Original Message-----
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 10:08:07AM +1000, Phillip Shelton wrote:
> > If the use types in an invalid formula do you not have the 
> input buffer that
> > you can just put into a string array? or does trying to 
> parse it loose that
> > data?
>
> We are talking about different things.  When a user types something
> invalid we have the original string.  When importing an xls file
> with an invalid expression, we have neither the string nor a valid
> data structure.  In some cases we may be able to make an incorrect,
> but valid data structure, in others not.