[Maxima] keyword names that can't be set in maxima

Robert Dodier robert.dodier at gmail.com
Sat Feb 17 13:53:31 CST 2007


On 2/17/07, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> If ":" were a unary prefix operator, then scanmap(func,expr,:bottomup)
> would be just fine.

We could have the parser recognize :foo as a Lisp keyword
(i.e. same as ?:foo at present, just lose the ?).
That has the advantage that Maxima keywords would inherit the
behavior of Lisp keywords. The downside, of course, is confusion
with assignment.

Robert


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