On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Thomas Kahl <kahl at math.uminho.pt> wrote:
> I am a beginner in Maxima. I am using version 5.16.3 (CLISP). Is it
> possible that the function fpprintprec does not what it is supposed to do?
>
Thomas, thank you for your interest in Maxima!
Unfortunately, you are right, fpprintprec appears to have a serious bug
where it omits the final digit of the output (and any preceding 0's):
fpprintprec:5;
1.01b0 => 1.0b0
9.23b0 => 9.2b0
1.234b0 => 1.23b0
Could you please report this at Sourceforge? -- follow the instructions
given by bug_report();
Normally, I'd do this for you, but I am having trouble connecting to
sourceforge.
-s