-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>Well,?asksign?certainly?is?annoying.
Asksign is annoying when asks about the sign of a huge expression or
an expression involving local variables unknown to the user. Other
times, asksign is like having Maxima be on belay (catchs you if you
slip).
I think every asksign should allow the "I don't know" answer--after
that, either the calculation croaks, returns an noun form, or is able
to recover. And I suppose the "I don't know" answer could be settable
to the default.
Barton