[Maxima] remove hashed array inside block?

[Robert Dodier]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Edwin Woollett <woollett at charter.net> wrote:

> (%i6) remha1( [v] ) := block ([jj],
>        for jj thru length (v) do remarray (v[jj]))$
> (%i7) remha1 (p1);
> Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
>
>  Error in PROGN [or a callee]: Caught fatal error [memory may be damaged]

This is a bug; remarray should ensure that its argument
is a symbol before proceeding.

The variations of kill and remarray which you showed don't
work because those functions quote their arguments;
the variations apply(kill, ...) and apply(remarray, ...) work
because then the arguments are evaluated.

Hope this helps

Robert Dodier