-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>> ********************** Problem 16 ***************
>> Input:
>> integrate(sin(t),t,0,x)
>> Result:
>> integrate(sin(t),t,0,t)
>> ... Which was correct.
>> ********************** Problem 17 ***************
>
>Immediately preceding that test, there is a call to a match function
>defined by defmatch. Such functions assign to global variables
>(f, x, a, and b in this case). So it is as if x:'t were evaluated just
>before integrate(sin(t),t,0,x). So the result is correct.
Oh, thanks -- I never would have figured that out. Now I'm guessing
that there is a reason behind the complexity in the mload code.
Barton