[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-2330) ISNONTEXT semanticsare contradictory

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Andreas Guelzow  commented on OFFICE-2330:
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This is simply wrong:

"If X is of type Text, ISNONTEXT returns FALSE, otherwise TRUE. If X is a reference, examines what X references. References to blank cells are NOT considered text, so a reference to a blank cell will return TRUE." 

Note that a cell containing the empty string contains text and so ISNONTEXT returns TRUE.

> ISNONTEXT semantics are contradictory
> -------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFFICE-2330
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2330
>             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: OpenFormula
>    Affects Versions: ODF 1.2 Part 2 CD 1
>            Reporter: Patrick Durusau
>
> The semantics description of ISNONTEXT reads:
> "f X is of type Text, returns TRUE, else FALSE. If X is a reference, examines what X references. References to blank cells are NOT considered text, so a reference to a blank cell will return TRUE."
> Shouldn't a reference to a blank cell return FALSE? Since it is not text? 
> Or is the first part incorrect? 
> I don't know if this is describing actual application behavior so hesitate to simply change it. 

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