On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 12:29 -0800, Richard Fateman wrote:
> get to lisp via to_lisp() in xmaxima..
>
> MAXIMA> (defpackage :r (:use "ga"))
>
> Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
>
> Error in LISP:USE-PACKAGE [or a callee]: "ga" is not of type (LISP:OR
>
> LISP:SYMBOL
>
> LISP:STRING
>
> LISP:PACKAGE).
I cannot reproduce your result; with the current Xaxima I get:
MAXIMA> (defpackage :r (:use "ga"))
Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
SYSTEM::%FIND-PACKAGE: There is no package with name "ga"
Automatically continuing.
To reenable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
(same result in Maxima). Which version are you using?
Regards,
Jaime Villate