On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:12:16 -0500
"Stavros Macrakis" <stavros.macrakis@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Question - wouldn't this be a good ability to add as a
> > standard feature in Maxima
> > ... Also, maybe it would be useful to have two degrees
> > of protection?
>
> No, I don't think it should be added as a standard feature -- we have
> enough random, ad hoc features. Especially not a two-level scheme.
>
> If things like this are to be added, they should be part of some
> coherent scheme.
OK, good point. We might want to think about this though - if people are going to start creating custom packages for Maxima, this is likely to be a feature that will be of interest to at least some of them. The last thing we want is for them all to create their own locking mechanisms and then have to update all their code again once Maxima has a standard way of doing the job.
I'm not sure which coherent scheme this will ultimately fit into (programming features maybe?) but whatever it is I nominate this feature for inclusion.
CY