[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-2039) ARABIC definitionincomplete

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Andreas Guelzow  commented on OFFICE-2039:
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How can the current definiion be wrong? It _defines_ the behaviour. 

And the subtractive behaviour is there: it's the first half of that sentence.

> ARABIC definition incomplete
> ----------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFFICE-2039
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2039
>             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: OpenFormula
>    Affects Versions: ODF 1.2
>            Reporter: Eike Rathke
>            Assignee: Eike Rathke
>             Fix For: ODF 1.2
>
>
> Definition for function ARABIC is incorrect and incomplete, the rules for the subtractive principle are missing.
> The current definition
> "Any Roman symbol to the left of a larger symbol (directly or indirectly) reduces the final value by the symbol amount, otherwise, it increases the final amount by the symbol's amount."
> is wrong.

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