\documentclass{article} \usepackage{axiom} \begin{document} \title{\$SPAD/src/input macbug.input} \author{The Axiom Team} \maketitle \begin{abstract} \end{abstract} \eject \tableofcontents \eject \section{License} <>= --Copyright The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited 1994. @ <<*>>= <> -- \xtc{ -- Macros can be parameterized and so can be used for many different -- kinds of objects. -- }{ macro ff(x) == x**2 + 1 -- } -- \xtc{ -- Apply it to a number, a symbol, or an expression. -- }{ ff z -- } -- \xtc{ -- Macros can also be nested, but you will get an error message if you -- run out of space because of an infinite nesting loop. -- }{ macro gg(x) == ff(2*x - 2/3) -- } -- \xtc{ -- This new macro is fine as it does not produce a loop. -- }{ gg(1/w) -- } -- % -- \xtc{ -- This however will loop since \spad{gg} is -- defined in terms of \spad{ff}. -- % risk not using a free g on next line -- }{ macro ff(x) == gg(-x) -- } @ \eject \begin{thebibliography}{99} \bibitem{1} nothing \end{thebibliography} \end{document}