High precision



Hello,
  I would like to run certain entire maxima sessions in high precision
  arithmetic.

I have tried setting fpprec: 32.

The numbers get listed as having that precision.  But, it seems that
floating point errors I expect from functions with standard double
precision are still there.  Does every single variable in an
expression have to be converted?

Is it expected that, once one sets fpprec: 32, all further
computations, even with previously defined functions, will be at that
precision?

Thanks for any info.

-sen

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