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http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/357VariableIsApparentlyAlwaysAssumedToBePositive/diff
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Define the following function:

(1) -> f(x|x<0)==-x**2
                                                                   Type: Void
(2) -> f(x)==x**2
                                                                   Type: Void

Then, draw the function

(3) -> draw(f(x),x=-1..1)
   Compiling function f with type Variable x -> Polynomial Integer 
Compiling /tmp/gazonk0.lsp.
End of Pass 1.  
End of Pass 2.  
OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk0.lsp.
   Compiling function %F with type DoubleFloat -> DoubleFloat 
   Graph data being transmitted to the viewport manager...
   AXIOM2D data being transmitted to the viewport manager...

   (3)  TwoDimensionalViewport: "x*x"
                                                 Type: TwoDimensionalViewport

Note that the function is compiled with Variable x -> Polynomial Integer, and 
the viewport shows the function x*x, even for x<0, where it should show -x*x.

The same holds when you eval the function:

(4) -> )clear all
   All user variables and function definitions have been cleared.
(1) -> f(x|x<0)==-x**2
                                                                   Type: Void
(2) -> f(x)==x**2
                                                                   Type: Void
(3) -> eval(f(x),x=-5)
   Compiling function f with type Variable x -> Polynomial Integer 

   (3)  25
                                                     Type: Polynomial Integer

Here, we should expect -25. And shouldn't this:

(4) -> f(x)
(4) -> 
         2
   (4)  x
                                                     Type: Polynomial Integer

result in something similar to

(5) -> )display values f
   Definition:
                         2
     f (x | x < 0) == - x
             2
     f x == x

?

I use Version: Axiom 3.9 (September 2005) on gentoo (amd64).
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