Why I think lapack matrices should not be converted to list-of-lists.

>>>>> "sen1" == sen1  <sen1 at math.msu.edu> writes:

    sen1> This brings up another question.
    sen1> Is it reasonable to set some kind of switch, maybe at compile time, so
    sen1> that some routines loaded in can be run in a given preset precision?

    sen1> Perhaps there could be an option to create two "maxima" packages. One
    sen1> as it now is, and one where all computations in certain routines can
    sen1> be run with a preset precision.  Initially, the user would be responsible for
    sen1> conversion problems.

You can already do that with bfloats.  Just set fpprec to the desired
precision.

Unfortunately, not all functions have bfloat implementations.

Ray