Ralf Hemmecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | The problem is the "1: %" as a constant (not a nullary function). | > The distinction is largely syntactic, not fundamental. | | I was once told that in Aldor the difference between | a: % | and | b: () -> % | is that | b() will run a program which might side-effect other things or even | return something different each time.
expanding on my preivous answer, have a look at the section 5.2 os the Aldor user guide on literal forming -- you can define your own function to interpret a string literal as a constant. -- Gaby _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
