Dieter Kaiser wrote:
> The problem is that after a call e.g. to the Maxima function $gamma we
> get a back a Maxima number. To continue the calculation we need the
> number with a type which is compatible to the calculation within the
> package bigfloat. This number should not be in general a bigfloat, but a
> float, CL complex, ... and a bigfloat type only for Maxima bigfloat
> number.
>
> I think such a function has to be added.
>
>
Ok. The function bigfloat:to will take a maxima number and convert it
to a CL or BIGFLOAT number (real or complex) as expected. I also added
bigfloat:bigfloat to make a bigfloat number (real or complex).
The changes are checked in.
Let me know if you run into other problems and I'll try to fix them soon.
Ray