describe displa lisp error?
- Subject: describe displa lisp error?
- From: Barton Willis
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:36:49 -0500
The output of describe varies with the Lisp implementation, but the GCL output
seems like a bug. Using Maxima+Clozure
MAXIMA> (describe 'displa);
DISPLA
Type: SYMBOL
Class: #<BUILT-IN-CLASS SYMBOL>
Function
INTERNAL in package: #<Package "MAXIMA">
Print name: "DISPLA"
Value: #<Unbound>
Function: #<Compiled-function DISPLA #x100E6D42F>
Arglist: (FORM)
Plist: (TRANSLATED T MACSYMA-MODULE (RUNTIME))
--Barton
-----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>GCL?returns?obscure?error?message:
>------------------------
>MAXIMA>?(describe?'displa)
>
>DISPLA?-?internal?symbol?in?MAXIMA?package
>?property?TRANSLATED:
>???T
>?property?MACSYMA-MODULE:
>???(RUNTIME)
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>---
>DISPLA?
>[Function]
>(not?found?"dir")
>Maxima?encountered?a?Lisp?error:
>
>?Error?in?PCL::PCL-DESCRIBE?[or?a?callee]:?Cannot?open?the?file?NIL.
>
>Automatically?continuing.
>To?reenable?the?Lisp?debugger?set?*debugger-hook*?to?nil.
>
>MAXIMA>?(describe?'dir)
>
>DIR?-?internal?symbol?in?MAXIMA?package(not?found?"dir")
>Maxima?encountered?a?Lisp?error:
>
>?Error?in?EVAL?[or?a?callee]:?Cannot?open?the?file?NIL.
>
>Automatically?continuing.
>To?reenable?the?Lisp?debugger?set?*debugger-hook*?to?nil.
>--------------------------------------------
>Is?this?a?feature?of?GCL?,?or?a?lack?of?code?documentation?
>
>Ted?Woollett
>
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