Thanks for geting back to me.
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 02:10:14PM -0500, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> The "hash_table" style is problematic in various ways and I would recommend
> it be rethought and replaced.
I would favor this. As a newcomer to maxima, I find these hashtables
confusing. I guess I was looking for something like a Python
dictionary...
> In the meantime, though, you can define the following:
>
> :lisp (defun $hash_table_defined (ar i) (multiple-value-bind (val ok)
> (marrayref-gensub ar i nil) ok))
I'll give it a go.
Do you plan to implement something like this for real in maxima?
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Edd Barrett
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