[Axiom-developer] Re: numberOfEmptySlots

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, address@hidden wrote:

| The NE occurs in boot code. 

Yes.

| Perhaps the author meant to use the infix form NE?

which would be equivalent to ^=, e.g. not equal.  
Why would that be correct? 

Hmm.  Looking at the code, it is comparing lists and x
is taken from cache, then using ^= would lead to infinite
loop.   No?

-- Gaby