Not at all ;) It shows once more that DF ought to have no place in a CAS. DF is a source of confusion on its own. I'd use Interval(Float) or Float, if need be ... BTW 0.5 and 1/2 have different types. The interpreter is sometimes too broadminded.
On 19.02.2021 01:17, Tobias Neumann wrote: > Maybe this is most convincing: > > (3) -> ((-1) :: Complex(DoubleFloat))^(0.5) > > (3) 6.123233995736766e-17 - %i > Type: Complex(DoubleFloat) > (4) -> ((-1) :: Complex(DoubleFloat))^(1/2) > > (4) %i > Type: Complex(DoubleFloat) > > I would say that this is undesired behavior and just confuses people. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email > to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/da5f99f4-3951-4052-9f73-515bb7ef6c66n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/da5f99f4-3951-4052-9f73-515bb7ef6c66n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/edc1bce4-2ca2-beba-9c5e-c8d084f5c08e%40gmail.com.
