Variables in function definition problem

• Subject: Variables in function definition problem
• From: praimon
• Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:49:15 -0400

On 6/26/07, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Your particular problem comes from a problem in the evaluator which I
> consider to be a bug. And I believe we can fix it.  In general, however,
> Maxima's current semantics (dynamic scope) will lead to other situations
> where the names of variables do matter.

Thanks. Until the fix, would explicitly declaring as local all
variables used on the left side of a function definition bypass the
general problem, or could that lead to other issues?

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