On 2013-01-02, Volker van Nek <volkervannek at gmail.com> wrote:
> I understand. So it's possible to explicitly load a package by
> wrapping load in ibase:10. .
>
> (%i1) ibase:16$
> (%i2) block([ibase:10.], load(stringproc))$
> (%i3) ascii(7a);
> (%o3) z
>
> So a fix could be to wrap the corresponding source functions which
> perform loading in ibase:10. . Which are these and what is $ibase at
> Lisp level ?
The Lisp variable is *READ-BASE* (and the corresponding one for obase is
*PRINT-BASE*). Looks like the function LOADFILE (src/suprv1.lisp circa
line 229) loads Lisp files for Maxima (including autoloading).
best
Robert Dodier