Subject: Error conditions for maxima vs commercial code.
From: Dan Stanger
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:30:19 -0700
I am planing to implement second thru tenth functions. If these
functions are called with
incorrect arguments how important is it to mimic the behavior of the
commercial code.
For example if second is called with a single element list, it prints
the error message
there is no SECOND element, and returns the input argument. I was
planing to implement
these functions with rest, which would change their error messages.
In general, how important is it for us to conform to the same error
handling of the commercial code.
Dan Stanger