issues with 'orbits'




On Fri, 23 Oct 2009, Raymond Toy wrote:

< Jaime Villate wrote:
< >
< >> 3. In linux ( don't know about WinXP) there is a problem with the 
< >> command 'orbits' if the package 'dynamics' is already loaded:
< >> Maxima version: 5.19.2
< >> lisp-implementation-type: CMU Common Lisp
< >> lisp-implementation-version: 19d Fedora release 5.fc8 (19D)
< >> (%i5) load(dynamics);
< >> (%o5) "/usr/local/share/maxima/5.19.2/share/dynamics/dynamics.mac"
< >> (%i6) orbits(r*x*(1-x),.2,100,200,[r,3,4,.1]);
< >> Graph passed to plot2d...
< >> Improper name or value in functional position:
< >> errexp1
< >> #0: 
< >> orbits(f=r*(1-x)*x,y0=0.2,n1=100,n2=200,domain=[r,3,4,0.1],options=[])(dynamics.mac 
< >> line 367)
< >>     
< > I cannot reproduce that error in Ubuntu with either Clisp or Clozure
< > Common Lisp (I do not have CMUCL at hand). It might be a CMUCL issue; in
< > any case, you no longer need to use load("dynamics")
< >   
< Could be a bug in CMUCL 19d.  I tried this with a post 20a build and it
< produces a graph.

Nope, unless it is a bug in the fedora build. My debian-built cmucl 19d
+ maxima 5.19.2 produces a graph, too.

Leo 

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