Many digits for %e, %pi? (Was Re: constant (basic))

>>>>> "Jaime" == Jaime Villate <villate at fe.up.pt> writes:

    Jaime> On 07-12-2013 14:09, Ricardo JF wrote:


    Jaime> ? (%i5) :lisp (mdefprop $%r 1.822875655532295 $numer)

    Jaime> Of course, you should use more significant digits if you
    Jaime> need more. Constants %e, %pi, etc. are defined with 637
    Jaime> digits in src/mlisp.lisp. You should also tell Maxima that

I noticed that. Do you know why? Since they're written as a double
float, most of those digits get thrown away anyway.

Ray