new comm.lisp causes maxima to hang (a case)

On 2/15/12, Edwin Woollett <woollett at charter.net> wrote:

> If I don't load new comm.lisp (in compiled form)
> I get expected result (first example)
>
> If I do load new comm.lisp, the same example
> hangs maxima (gcl):

I can't reproduce this problem. I tried it with GCL and with CMUCL.

I have to wonder what are defint-new and limit-new.

I'm working with Maxima as retrieved from the source code repository
(Git) and built all at once instead of loading some modified files.
I suppose that probably makes a difference.

best

Robert Dodier