[Axiom-developer] Use of $

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Tim --

The file spad.lisp contains the following line at toplevel:

   ;; the following initialization of $ must not be a defvar
   ;; since that make $ special
   (setq $ '$) ;; used in def of Ring which is Algebra($)


What is the problem it is intended to solve, and how does that solve
the problem?

The SBCL compiler does not like it, because it thinks $ is not defined.

-- Gaby