That is not the bad case that was reported (though it is another bad case).
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Richard Fateman <fateman at cs.berkeley.edu>wrote:
> This is what I saw..
>
> %i1) fpprintprec:5$
> (%i2) 1/3.0;
> (%o2) 0.333
> (%i3) 1/3.0b0;
> (%o3) 3.3333b-1
> (%i4)
>
>
>
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> *From:* maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu [mailto:
> maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] *On Behalf Of *Stavros Macrakis
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:56 PM
> *To:* fateman at EECS.Berkeley.EDU
> *Cc:* MAXIMA LIST; Raymond Toy
> *Subject:* Re: [Maxima] fpprintprec
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Richard Fateman <fateman at cs.berkeley.edu>wrote:
>
>> this bug is only for hardware floats, I think.
>
> for bigfloats, fpprintprec apparently works right.\
>
>
> Actually, I think it is the other way round:
>
> Maxima 5.15.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
> Using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.8 (aka GCL)
> Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
> Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
> The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
> (%i1) fpprintprec:10;
> (%o1) 10
> (%i2) 1.01b0;
> (%o2) 1.0b0
> (%i3) 1.01;
> (%o3) 1.01
>
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