From: Raymond T. <toy...@gm...> - 2014-03-29 15:56:57
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>>>>> "velten" == velten <kai...@hs...> writes: velten> I don't agree. What Ray says applies to beginners who don't know what velten> they do. I don't think I'm a beginner, but I still make stupid mistakes. (Who doesn't?) I want to know if I did something nonsensical like enter the limits of a plot incorrectly. But it's your application; you can do what you want. Ray velten> To: max...@li... velten> Subject: Re: [Maxima-discuss] How can I swith off warnings? velten> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:39:59 -0700 >>>>> "velten" == velten <kai...@hs...> writes: velten> I'll try errcatch. I don't want that message in a program used by velten> practitioners who occasionally enter invalid limits for plots, which are velten> still valid ... these people don't like any kind of "mathematical" velten> messages ... velten> Well, I hate systems like that. You prevent error messages so now the velten> user wonders why there's no plot or why the result is just junk. And velten> without the message, you have no idea where to look for this, except velten> to look, painstakingly, at every single line of input to see what the velten> mistake is. And it's really easy to, say, not notice that the plot velten> limits are wrong (because you don't know the syntax well), or that velten> you're erroneously dividing by zero somewhere, and on and on. velten> Yuck! velten> Ray velten> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ velten> _______________________________________________ velten> Maxima-discuss mailing list velten> Max...@li... velten> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss velten> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |