[GiNaC-list] simple patch for Li_evalf

[Jens Vollinga]

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 11:27:09AM +0400, Sheplyakov Alexei wrote:
> gives
> 
> Li(5,exp((1/3*I)*Pi)) = Li(5,exp((1/3*I)*Pi))
> 
> instead of expected
> 
> Li(5,exp((1/3*I)*Pi)) = 0.48005914589970829926+0.89203268884598503196*I
> 
> Attached patch seems to solve the problem.

GiNaC functions do only return floating point numbers, if their arguments
already contain floating point numbers. So actually in the example above
everything is as expected. If you want a floating point result, you
either have to call evalf() explicitly or write something like
...(1/3.0*I)*...

Regards,
Jens