Re: [Maxima-discuss] :lisp (describe '$tex)

[Robert D. <rob...@gm...>]

Hi Eduardo,

For the record, Maxima functions defined by DEFMSPEC are so-called
argument quoting functions; these functions work either with
unevaluated symbols (e.g. kill), or manage evaluation by explicit
calls to MEVAL (e.g. makelist) -- this latter approach leads to more
or less unpredictable evaluation behavior. I think the best we can do
is to document any such existing functions, and be very circumspect
about introducing new ones.

Hope this helps,

Robert