Thanks, Robert.
> > Please, take a look at the examples in the descriptions of functions
> > 'ceiling' and 'floor'; in particular what he gets in inputs (%i7) in
> > both cases; the script 'update_examples' doesn't work as expected here.
>
> It looks like update_examples is OK. The problem is that the
> unitfrace function had a trailing space on the final line "reverse(uf)); "
> and that confused Maxima such that no %i2 line was output,
> so update_examples could not see how to assemble its output.
>
> I've seen other examples in which trailing spaces confuse Maxima.
> GCL, SBCL, and Clisp are all susceptible. I don't remember for sure
> if this problem is in the bug database. It looks like only spaces
> after ; cause trouble.
>
> I've committed a new revision of Operators.texi. There are a few
> other examples in which there are trailing spaces. I'll clean them
> up and commit those too.
In this last version, the examples of 'ceiling' and 'floor' remain
incorrect, although there are no extra spaces. In the first case, the
output for 'ceiling' is
(%i7) $$\left \lceil a \right \rceil$$tex (ceiling (a));
(%o7) false
but it should be
(%i7) tex (ceiling (a));
$$\left \lceil a \right \rceil$$
(%o7) false
Similar results in floor's example.
Mario
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