> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Edwin Woollett
>> (%i17) properties(ratsimp);
> (%o17) [transfun, transfun, transfun, transfun, transfun, evfun]
>
probably there is a "translation function" for it so calls to ratsimp can be
converted, by compile()
to something else. This is probably not going to speed up stuff, and is an
invitation to buggy
behavior of compiled Maxima code.
> I don't see any index reference in the Maxima manual which
> explains "transfun", and ? transfun or ?? transfun has nothing.
> And why five mentions of this property??
Maybe someone's idea of reliable programming :) [Don't believe anything I
say fewer than 5 times?]
RJF