On Nov 19, 2007 8:29 AM, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> William Stein wrote:
>
> > 3. Dumb question -- Where is the actual source code of anything in Maple?
> > I'm skimming through my Maple install to see some actual source code
> > and
> > I can't find anything. The lib/ directory has lots of .mla
> > files, but these are all
> > pre-compiled binary files -- no source code. Is there some tool
> > included with
> > Maple to decompile them? (I'm not being rhetorical, I simply don't
> > know
> > how to actually view source code of Maple functions, even if I wanted
> > to.)
>
> Some links dealing with this:
>
> http://www.mapleprimes.com/blog/jacquesc/old-timer-techniques
>
> http://www.mapleprimes.com/forum/algorithms-used-in-maple
>
> http://thproxy.jinr.ru/Documents/MapleV/qa/section3_4.html
>
> I've used the printlevel and I think the showstat techniques before.
> Unfortunately, I can't test them because I no longer have access to
> Maple (at least on my home machine). I guess that's they whole point
> again---even if there is some way for someone to get the output of the
> procedure, it doesn't do me any good because I don't have Maple and
> can't check it anyway.
This *does* work in Maple 11:
sage: maple_console()
|\^/| Maple 11 (APPLE UNIVERSAL OSX)
._|\| |/|_. Copyright (c) Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. 2007
\ MAPLE / All rights reserved. Maple is a trademark of
<____ ____> Waterloo Maple Inc.
| Type ? for help.
> print(gcd);
proc(aa, bb, cofa::name, cofb::name)
... end proc
> interface(verboseproc=2);
1
> print(gcd);
proc(aa, bb, cofa::name, cofb::name)
local Z, GCD, a, b;
option `Copyright (c) 1992 by the University of Waterloo. All rights reserved.`;
if 2 < nargs and member(cofa, indets(aa) union indets(bb)) then
error "The optional 3rd argument given to `\
...
I wonder what proportion of the 1300 or so top-level functions in
Maple (according
to a sage's maple.[tab]) actually have source code.
Interestingly, I bet I can make it so
sage: maple.gcd??
will show the source code using one you suggest above. Trac ticket:
http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/1209
> Whether or not using printlevel or showstat is legal (in light of Josh's
> response from Maple) is an interesting question. They are built-in
> capabilities meant for introspection. They were also encouraged by the
> Maple people in the above posts.
<tinfoil hat> Maybe it is a trap. :-) </tinfoil hat>
- William
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