Re: pi seems not to be a constant

Hi,

>  1L0 is always 1L0, whatever the long-float-digits.
>However not all 1L0's are the same.
>(/ 1L0 3)
>0.33333333333333333334L0
>(setf (ext:long-float-digits) 128)
>(/ 1L0 3)
>0.333333333333333333333333333333333333334L0

It just occurred to me that one could, in theory, blame CLISP for
not implementing *print-readably* correctly, since the output does
not mention the number of long-float-digits, does it?

Looking closer upon the notion of "similarity" in CLHS
http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/lw51/CLHS/Body/03_bdbb.htm
it appears that what CLISP does is ok, isn't it?

"Two numbers S and C are similar if they are of the same type and represent the same mathematical value."

Or one argues that the above values are not the same?

Regards,
 Jörg Höhle
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