On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Ralf Hemmecke wrote: > > I haven't looked into the code, but the only problem I see, would be > something like > > if Dom has commutative("*") then ... > > (I have no idea whether the quotes are necessary in this construct.) > Aldor returns the same result no matter whether you write "*" or "+" (in > Aldor, of course without quotes), i.e., a non-type argument does not > matter--which is a aldor bug). >
I agree that it is an Aldor bug. This is major problem in Aldor, I think. > Maybe SPAD behaves better here, I haven't tested it. > Yes, it seems to work as expected. http://axiom-wiki.newsynthesis.org/SandBoxCommutativeCategory > >> I am in favour of replacing attributes by categroies. AFAICS attributes >> are also a performance hack, but I hope that the impact from changing >> attributes to categories should be minimal. > I am also in favor of this change. Regards, Bill Page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ open-axiom-devel mailing list open-axiom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-axiom-devel