UpValues for Blank[foo]
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- Subject: [mg54166] UpValues for Blank[foo]
- From: Josef Karthauser <joe at tao.org.uk>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:57:23 -0500 (EST)
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I wonder what's I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to change the upvalues of a
function with respect to Blank[] so as to have it dynamically changed
into something else, e.g.
:= F /: Blank[F] := _?FQ
where FQ[F] returns true, and false on anything else, but although
installed it doesn't appear to work.
To simplify the example I wondered whether I could define my own _F to
behave like _Integer, i.e.
:= F /: Blank[F] := Blank[Integer]
which appears to be in place as a rule:
:= ?? F
Global`F
_F := _Integer
but doesn't work:
:= _F // FullForm
Blank[F]
I thought that maybe wrapping HoldPattern[] around the Blank[F] in the
upvalue rule might have fixed it, but it doesn't.
Is there some special handling for Blank[] within mathematica? Can I
circumvent it somehow?
Joe
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