-----"Edwin Woollett" <woollett at charter.net> wrote: -----
On Dec. 6, Barton Willis wrote:
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>My favorite way to locally define a function is to use a lambda form.
The Maxima compiler will not compile a lambda form--for example,
f : compile(lambda([s],s^s)) does not work. The define method should
allow for compilation; however, it is possible to do:
(%i1) f() := lambda([s],s^s)$
(%i2) compile(f)$
(%i3) f();
(%o3) #<compiled-closure 10ca7de4>
(%i4) :lisp(funcall (mfuncall '$f) 6)
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--Barton