On 9/6/08, John Lapeyre <pdl at johnlapeyre.com> wrote:
> If a file of Maxima functions myfuncs.mac exists and I type
>
> compile_file("myfuncs.mac");
>
> then the functions are compiled and loaded into my session.
>
> But if instead, I type
>
> compfile("myfuncs.mac");
>
> then myfuncs.mac is overwritten by a file of length zero,
Thanks for pointing out this problem. I have committed
r1.38 src/transs.lisp to resolve it.
> which makes a poor choice in naming functions much worse.
Yeah, compfile is a confusing name. Probably it wouldn't hurt to
think of a better one.
best
Robert Dodier