array questions



Greetings!  In getting maxima working on gcl 2.7.0, I came across the
following strangeness:


MAXIMA> (eq 'array 'lisp::array)
NIL

(defmacro arraycall (ign array &rest dims) ign
	  `(aref ,array . ,dims))

This slows down array referencing enormously, at least when compiled
with GCL, and I suspect others too.  What would be the matter with
importing 'array into 'maxima, and then

(defmacro arraycall (ign array &rest dims) ign
	  `(aref (the ,ign ,array) . ,dims))

???

Take care,

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