bfloat(sqrt(%i))?

• Subject: bfloat(sqrt(%i))?
• From: Raymond Toy
• Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:05:49 -0400

With current CVS, we get 1.0b0*(-1)^(1/4).

But in 5.17, bfloat(sqrt(%i)) -> 7.071067811865475b-1 %i +
7.071067811865475b-1

Shouldn't bfloat(sqrt(%i)) give a bfloat result?

We have similar problems with float(sqrt(%i)).

Ray

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