>>>>> "Stavros" == Stavros Macrakis writes:
Stavros> Hmm. I guess I was too terse. If you want to be completely consistent
Stavros> with base Maxima, it should not give a numerical value, since
Stavros> sin(0.5*%i+1.2),numer doesn't, either. But that can be argued to be
Stavros> wrong. So it seems fine to me that gamma(1+1/2*%i),numer should give a
Stavros> complex float, and maybe sin should be changed, too....
Oh, right. I see what you're getting at. And yes, it does annoy me
that sin(1.2+0.5*%i) doesn't give a number, and it would be nice if
that were changed.
Ray