Re: return of BigFloat errors

[Michael Richardson <..hidden..>]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Travers <..hidden..> writes:
    Chris> First, my reading of the log (and sorry I haven't been able
    Chris> to get to it 
    Chris> yesterday) is that this is a tax included invoice.  I am
    Chris> wondering if it is 
    Chris> really the amount_$i that is undefined or the tax rate.

yes, that's true.
amount_$i was 9, but there wasn't such a thing in the form.

That's because rowcount was 15 for some reason, and blank rows are not
being ignored for some reason.

    Chris> table for my testing purposes, that would be helpful.  I am
    Chris> also not quite 
    Chris> sure what happens with Math::BigFloat when arithmetic is done
    Chris> involving 
    Chris> undefs.  In the past they used to be treated as zeros, but it
    Chris> is likely 
    Chris> that the errors we are getting are a result of changing
    Chris> behavior there. 

Seems to call for a regression test case on Math::BigFloat to assert
our intentions.

Maybe it used to do that, (undef == 0) and now it doesn't?

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