Subject: symbolic subscript of literal list or matrix
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:43:48 -0600
On 7/24/07, Richard Fateman <fateman at eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> I think that returning a[k] is a bad idea unless you can somehow
> be assured that the "a" in a[k] has a scope that is the same at
> all times subsequent to its construction.
I see your point, but I don't see why that would stop us here.
Maxima has no way to stop symbols from leaking out of their
original contexts anyway.
best
Robert