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6. Bugs

  1. epc cannot handle variables with names that are too similar. It rejects any variable-assignments in which the new variable-name matches the beginning part of an existing variable-name, or vice-versa. (Note: if it doesn't reject a name, then there will be no problem in the calculation, so this is a limitation, rather than a bug.)

  2. The default number of trials may be too large for slow computers, or too small for the accuracy of some applications.

  3. Nobody seems to agree on what the notation '+-' means, but at least epc is consistent; to test it, try
     
    $x = 1 +- 0.1;
    calculate 2 * $x;
    
    and you should see the approximate result 2+-0.2, as expected no matter what you mean by +-. So, this isn't a bug, is it? :-)



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