Fabrizio Caruso writes:
> Whenever I load ("batch file") a file containing a comment
> in its last line, xmaxima would freeze.
This seems to be fixed as a by-product of the new streams setup I have
recently proposed (for CVS Maxima).
http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2005/009681.html
So, $batch would just return, which is the same behaviour as for the
command line version of maxima, of course.
I think that, in principle, batching a file should have the same
effect as typing the corresponding lines in the Maxima top-level
(which, incidentally, explains why $batch normally doesn't return).
With this in mind, a trailing comment is a bit special...
Meanwhile, as a work-around you could just enter a `;'. Maxima will
complain about bad syntax, though.
Wolfgang