-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
> One possible way out would be to have sdiff call a hook at the right place,
For years, pdiff had a similar problem. Eventually, I merged the code by pasting
a clause into sdiff that was protected by a special variable.
Unrelated: binomial doesn't have a grad property; if it did, sdiff wouldn't be responsible
for its derivative.
--Barton