Error message: Too many contexts



Great, thanks a lot.

Is it possible to add this tip to the error message within maxima?
Should I file a bug report?

Detlef

Am Mittwoch, den 02.05.2007, 09:05 -0400 schrieb Stavros Macrakis:
> On 5/2/07, Detlef Schmicker <d.schmicker at physik.de> wrote:
>         I wonder, if the number of contexts can be increased. It would
>         be great
>         not to have a look at optimization issues, if one just wants
>         to solve
>         some things to keep on working ...
> 
> The default number of contexts allowed is 50.  You can change that by
> setting the internal parameter ?connumber (the question mark indicates
> that it is internal), e.g. 
> 
>        ?connumber : 500 $
> 
> I am not sure why there is this limit -- perhaps it is to help users
> catch bugs, or perhaps the algorithms Maxima uses are not efficient
> for large numbers of contexts.
> 
>           -s
>