On 8/4/08, Raymond Toy (RT/EUS) <raymond.toy at ericsson.com> wrote:
> I see that the symbol plists for $bessel_j and %bessel_j are different
> between the beginning and end of your tests. In fact,
> grind('bessel_j(n,1)) causes the symbol plists to change. The verb
> and noun properties are added. And just doing 'bessel_j(n,1) by
> itself adds the noun and verb properties. I guess the reader does
> that.
It seems rather odd that grind has these side effects (via nounify
and maybe other functions). Surely it is better to define the properties
up front and then leave them alone.
best
Robert Dodier