----an Nekan Nek wrote: -----
>(%i1) exp(1.0e-1);
>(%o1) 1.105170918075648
>(%i2) exp(1.0b-1);
> 1.0b-1
>(%o2) %e
>
>In 5.9.2 both expressions returned numerical
>values.
>
>Is this intended?
No, it is not. You should report this bug to the Maxima bug list.
Going from 5.9.2 to 5.9.3, we made many changes to the way
Maxima does floating point evaluation of the trig/log/exponential
functions. We (I was involved) messed this one up.
Until it is fixed, you'll need to use 'bfloat' to coerce
such expressions to big floats:
(%i7) exp(1.0b-1);
(%o7) %e^1.0b-1
(%i8) bfloat(%);
(%o8) 1.105170918075648b0
Barton