Subject: compile Maxima file containing a large list
From: Steve Haflich
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:17:29 -0700
Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> wrote:
There might be some variables which might be bound to non-default
values within WITH-STANDARD-IO-SYNTAX. For example, I suppose *PACKAGE*
should be :MAXIMA instead of :CL-USER. I don't know if there are others.
Yes, the intention is that inside the "standard" syntax the programmer
can rebind (or just set) all the variables that need different values.
The advantage of using w-s-io-s instead of trying just to bind all the
pertinent variables helter-skelter is that w-s-io-syntax is supposed
also to take care of rebinding any implementation-specific IO variables
to their default values. So using it may give some protection from
future printer "enhancements" across the several supported platforms.