I wasn't suggesting that defvar would do it.
There are many places that explicitly return '$minf (which the defvar won't
help with) or compare things to '$minf (possibly with eq). There are
probably places that assume that if something isn't (memq x '($inf $minf
$infinity)), then it is finite. Etc.
-s
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 18:07, Barton Willis <willisb at unk.edu> wrote:
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> -----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>
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> > Removing it should be fairly straightforward, because a grep should catch
> everywhere it is used (except for users' load files).
> > Are you volunteering to do it?
>
> Doing (defvar $minf '((mtimes simp) -1 $inf)) and running the testsuite
> gives 31 errors.
> The same for the share testsuite gives 5 errors.
>
> --Barton
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