Robert Dodier wrote:
> 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.
As you mention in another email, it's the parser. Instead of
grind('bessel_j(n,x)), just 'bessel_j(n,x) will cause the plists to change.
Ray