https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160299

--- Comment #2 from ady <[email protected]> ---
In Excel, there is such a thing as a boolean type of value, which is (usually,
not always) automatically interpreted as a number when such conversion is
required; in some cases, some function might be required.

In Calc, boolean values _are_ numeric values.


FALSE() is equivalent to zero; zero is equivalent to FALSE().

TRUE() is equivalent to one; any non-zero numeric value is equivalent to
TRUE().


There might be cases in which users might take advantage of showing
"Average:TRUE; Sum:TRUE". As described in comment 0, this already happens.

Perhaps the similar "Average:FALSE; Sum:FALSE" case might have some advantage
for some users. My only concern (as a user) would be a potential
misinterpretation, either from what such status bar text means (a user that has
no knowledge about boolean might misinterpret it as some kind of error/crash),
or from misinterpreting other "kinds" of zero as "FALSE()" (including but not
limiting [empty] cases).

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