This discussion made me wonder: what is the rationale for not having
keepfloat:true by default?
Viktor
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Subject: Re: [Maxima] [Fwd: Two bugs in one (fwd)]
--- Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> The conversion of floats to fractions is controlled by the global
> parameter ratepsilon. By default, this is 2.0e-8. I have argued for
> a long time that this should be much smaller, perhaps 1.0e-15 (5
> ulps).
Are there any downsides anyone can see to this? If not, I move we
change it pronto.
CY
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