[Maxima] A question about defmvar

[Robert Dodier]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Žiga Lenarčič <ziga.lenarcic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Going through Maxima's code, I'm wondering what is the difference
> between defvar and defmvar. Also, what's the difference between defun
> and defmfun?

DEFMVAR puts the declared symbol on a list of symbols which are reassigned
their initial values by the Maxima function "reset".
It might do other things, I don't remember for sure; MACROEXPAND could
be helpful here.

Robert Dodier