>>>>> "Stavros" == Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at gmail.com> writes:
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>> Maxima's bigfloats don't support signed-zeroes.
Stavros> 1) They could be implemented.
Stavros> 2) They probably don't *need* to be implemented, because Maxima bigfloats
Stavros> never underflow (try 2.0b0^-(2^1000) for example).
Yes, but it's useful for things like log(1-z) where z = 2+0*%i. If
you don't have signed zeroes, you'll get a different branch cut.
I think that's something maxima needs to decide. Should signed zeroes
be supported?
Ray