Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: noweb

[Ralf Hemmecke]

> In the file '  src/interp/fnewmeta.lisp.pamphlet' the text:
>
>   <<' Name '>>
>
> is not really a reference to a chunk but noweb thinks it is
> and the standard (designed in) behavior of noweb when it
> finds such an "undefined chunk" is simply to omit it. This
> breaks the Axiom code.

Maybe that is a bug, too. In such a case I would rather like to see at 
least a warning that the code chunk is undefined.

> Of course would could define this as a chunk using the noweb
> escape sequence @<<
>
>   <<' Name '>>=
>   @<<' Name '>>
>   @  
>
> and solve this one case where it is really a problem (or even
> use the escape sequence inline).
>
> http://tex.loria.fr/litte/ieee.pdf
>
> But this solution seems rather unnatural.

I agree that the escaping is rather unnatural, but just escape this ONE 
line in the thousands of lines form AXIOM and the noweb problem is gone.

We could be careful when writing new code/documentation and escape those 
problematic cases. There are not so many after all.

Ralf