newRPL: symbolic numbers

[Claudio L.]

(12-23-2014 05:57 PM)Nigel (UK) Wrote:  It is quicker to type 2*(3+4) than '2'*('3'+'4').

Typing is the only problem I see with using quotes. In your example, it's much more comfortable to type the dot.
You'd have to press the quote, type the number, then cursor right to get out of the quote.
Makes writing expressions a pain.

Or, accept that every number you type inside quotes will become exact, dot or no dot.
Would that be a nuisance?

A last resort could be to use a trailing dot as the approx. indicator inside symbolics:
2 is a number --> approx.
'2' is symbolic --> exact
'2.5' is symbolic, dot is there but is not trailing --> exact
'2.5.' is an approx. number