Bug#662798: libreoffice-calc: IFERROR not implemented

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

found 662798 1:3.5.0-1
forwarded 662798 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34729
tag 662798 + upstream
thanks

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 02:49:04PM +0100, Francesco Potortì wrote:
> Package: libreoffice-calc
> Version: 1:3.4.5-2

I think if you open a feature request you should not file it against
a version which will only get one last bugfixing-only round but for
the uptodate upstream version (3.5.0) which will get feature development
towards 3.6.

(And perefrably not here but in upstream bugzilla...)

> The IFERROR function, wich is implemented in current Excel and Gnumeric
> spreadsheets, is very convenient for simplifying some long formulas.  In
> fact,
> 	IF(ISERROR(long_formula_here),"",long_formula_here)
> 
> becomes simply
> 	IFERROR(long_formula_here,"")
> 
> which enormously improves readability (and bug resiliency) where long
> formulas are involved, and probably also memory consumption and speed.
> 
> Please implemente the IFERROR function.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34729

Regards,

Rene