Linear display not correct?



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