Hi all. I'm seeing some odd behavior of the float command when I try
using it on output from the current units package. Can anyone
reproduce this or is this just a local quirk? (Using latest cvs
everything + sbcl 0.8.20 + post_eval_function patches.)
Thanks,
CY
Maxima 5.9.1.1cvs http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp SBCL 0.8.20
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report()
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(%i1) load("./newunits.mac");
*******************************************************************
* Units version 0.11 *
* Definitions based on the NIST Reference on *
* Constants, Units, and Uncertainty *
* Conversion factors from various sources including *
* NIST and the GNU units package *
*******************************************************************
Initializing unit arrays...
Done.
(%o1) ./newunits.mac
(%i2) load("physics/physconst.mac");
(%o2) /usr/local/share/maxima/5.9.1.1cvs/share/physics/physconst.mac
(%i3) ev(%%c,numer);
299792458 m
(%o3) -----------
s
(%i4) setunits([km,minutes]);
(%o4) done
(%i5) ev(%%c,numer);
449688687 km
(%o5) ------------
25 %min
(%i6) %o3-%o5;
(%o6) 0
(%i7) float(%o5);
35975095 km
(%o7) -----------
2 %min
(%i8) %o3-%o7;
km
(%o8) - -------
50 %min
(%i9) %o5-%o7;
km
(%o9) - -------
50 %min
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