number output precision

[cormullion]

My understanding is that newLISP outputs numbers (FP) to about 9 or 10 figures, although it stores up to about 15 internally:

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(set 't (sin 1.5))
0.9974949866
(format "%.15f" t)
"0.997494986604054"


It would be nice if there was a way to set the default output up to 15. It's sometimes less convenient to use format as well (think 'using newLISP as calculator....' ;-) )

[Cyril]

It would be nice if there was a way to set the default output up to 15. It's sometimes less convenient to use format as well (think 'using newLISP as calculator....' ;-) )

It would me nice also to borrow the python approach to print at least one digit after decimal separator for float numbers. I am always confused when number looking as integer is printed when I expect float one. I mean 1.0 should be printed as 1.0, not as 1