Re: [Maxima-discuss] e, pi, gamma, log(2)

[Raymond T. <toy...@gm...>]

>>>>> "Volker" == Volker van Nek <vol...@gm...> writes:

    >> 
    >> I would look at what bigfloatp does in the case where fpprec is lower
    >> than the actual precision of the bigfloat. It adds the value of *m
    >> into the exponent.

    Volker> Yeah! bigfloatp does it. Now I understand the mechanism.

Fantastic!

I think it would be beneficial if fpround returned both the
rounded value and *m (as multiple values) instead of what it does
now. It makes it clearer on what is supposed to happen, and one less
global special variable is good.

Ray