On Sunday 12 October 2008 05:59:31 pm Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> The implementation of makelist should no doubt be rethought.
>
> However, using create_list instead of makelist would be a very bad idea,
> because create_list has a fatal flaw in its semantics (not its
> implementation). See my email below. Create_list should be redesigned to
> avoid this flaw.
Ok. I won't be able to get to any of this for a few days. I can
try working on makelist, but I have to learn to build and test
all of maxima first.
There is a similar bug in my Table implementation, that comes
from allowing Table to work with "apply". If I can't get
it, I'll ask on the list. Some kind of flag that says when to
do an extra evaluation or not might work.
John