On 12/30/10 2:51 PM, Robert Dodier wrote:
> Looks like the problem is caused by r1.61 src/mload.lisp
> which changed $file_type to be more specific -- in previous
> revisions, any filename extension which starts with #\m
> is recognized as a Maxima script, in r1.61 only .mac or .mc is
> recognized. So foo.max is not recognized as a Maxima script
> and load attempts to load it as a Lisp program, hence the
> error. I think the problem will go away if you rename .max
> to .mac.
>
> Not sure where to go from here. Revert 1.61 ? or modify it somehow?
Oops. I think I made that change, after some discussions here on what
would be valid extensions. I didn't find any such files, and no one
mentioned they were using such extensions. I think we should just add
max as a valid extension.
(Maybe we can make it configurable?)
Ray