bug in continued fraction expansion ? / applying patches

On 2012-05-31, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> It is easy to load a single function or file into a running Maxima today.
>
> What I think RJF is pointing out is that if only a diff is distributed,
> it's unclear what exactly to load.  I'd think you could apply the diff to
> the source file then load that file or the individual function; an
> opportunity for a small-but-useful Python or Emacs Lisp function?

Yes, such a more-or-less automatic patching system could be useful. I
wonder if it would know about Git or just patches. I wouldn't be
surprised if such a thing has already been created for Python or Lisp.

best

Robert Dodier