On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Alfredo Portes wrote: > > This looks like it is not working in OpenAxiom. It looks like I run into > an infinite loop. > > Thanks. > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Bill Page wrote: > >> (1) -> u:= [9,2,4,7]; concat! (u, [1,2,42]); end := rest(u,4); >> part:=rest(u,2); setrest!(end, part); > ... >> (3) -> #u >> >> >> System error: >> >> LENGTH: A proper list must not be circular: #1=(9 2 . #2=(4 7 1 . #2#)) >
I wonder if this message originates in the underlying Lisp system? I do not recognize the terminology "proper list". It seems like it might be some Lisp inferred type. In this example I was using FriCAS on Windows (compiled with clisp under cygwin). Maybe the infinite loop actually occurs in GCL? Regards, Bill Page. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
