Some maxima problems



Michel Talon wrote:
>> Can you start maxima with the -g option.  When you give the plot
>> command, you should be dropped in the Lisp debugger.  At that point,
>> enter "back" to get a backtrace and send the backtrace to the list (or
>> to me)..
>>
>>     
>
> Here it is:
>
>   
[snip]
> 4: (LOG 0.0 NIL)
> 5: (KERNEL::LOG2 0.0 1.0)
> 6: (LOG 0.0 10.0)
> 7: (LISP::FLONUM-TO-DIGITS 0.0 NIL NIL)
> 8: (FORMAT::FORMAT-GENERAL-AUX #<String-Output Stream> 0.0 NIL NIL ...)
> 9: (FORMAT::G-FORMAT-DIRECTIVE-INTERPRETER #<String-Output Stream>
>                                            #<~g>
>                                            (":" #<~g> "]")
>                                            #<unused-arg>
>                                            ...)
>   
Hahaha.  I introduced that bug while fixing the floating-point ~G printer. 

You have several options.  Use an earlier version.  Use a later 
version.  Ask me for a patch to fix that particular bug, if you can't do 
the other two options. :-)

Sorry about that!

Ray