[Fwd: Re: Error or restriction in "apply"?]


On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Wilhelm Haager wrote:

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< Betreff: Re: [Maxima] Error or restriction in "apply"?
< Von:     "Wilhelm Haager" <wilhelm.haager at htlstp.ac.at>
< Datum:   Sa, 16.10.2010, 16:03
< An:      "Andrey G. Grozin" <A.G.Grozin at inp.nsk.su>
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< > On Fri, 15 Oct 2010, Wilhelm Haager wrote:
< >> In the new version of Maxima (5.22.1) ist is obviously not possible to
< >> generate complex graphics with draw2d any more.
< >>
< >> The command
< >>
< >>   draw2d(explicit(..), ...<100 objects or options>)
< >>
< >> produces the following error message:
< >>
< >> Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
< >> Error in APPLY [or a callee]:  Lisps arglist maximum surpassed
< >> Automatically continuing.
< >> To enable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil.
< >>
< >> Previous versions of maxima (<=5.20.1) did not have any problems!
< 
< > This depends on which lisp you use to run maxima, not on the version of
< > maxima. What lisp are you using now? And what lisp you used previously,
< > when you had no problem?
< >
< > Andrey
< >
< Thanks to all the answers;
< I think, it's not a Lisp problem, both versions (5.20.1 working o.k.
< and 5.22.1 producing the error message) use the  same Lisp GCL 2.6.8.
< 
< As also Ted Woollett noticed, I think it's a draw-problem.
 
 No, the error message tells you the problem is that there
 are too many arguments being passed. This means that it's likely
 to be a GCL configuration issue. This issue has been raised on
 this list in the recent past.

 Try entering the following in the Maxima command line:

:lisp CALL-ARGUMENTS-LIMIT

 For example, with CMUCL 20a, I get:

 (%i1) :lisp CALL-ARGUMENTS-LIMIT

 536870911

 My GCL 2.6.8, by contrast, uses a limit of 64.

 See 
 http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/iiip/doc/CommonLISP/HyperSpec/Body/convar_call-a_uments-limit.html

 Leo
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