[Maxima] more build problems, STEP-FUN in LOOP must be a function

[Rainer Joswig]

In article <4186.1178297766 at staffa.eder.local>,
 Andreas Eder <aeder at arcor.de> wrote:

> Rainer wrote:
> 
> > Maxima 5.12.0
> > 
> > 
> > I see code like this:
> > 
> > 
> > ratmac.lisp
> > 
> > (defmacro pt-red (terms) `(cddr ,terms))
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > rat3a.lisp
> > 
> > (defun pctimes1 (c terms)
> >   (loop for (exp coef) on terms by #'pt-red
> >     unless (pzerop (setq coef (ptimes c coef)))
> >     nconc (list exp coef)))
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ANSI Common Lisp defines the STEP-FUN in LOOP
> > to be a function. We cannot use a macro here.
> 
> Corrected in cvs.
> 
> > Probably there are more places where macros are
> > used like this?
> 
> Could very well be, so let's find them. :-)
> 
> 'Andreas

Grep for the pattern 'by #' and I see several uses
of #'pt-red which would have to be replaced.

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