Re: a slightly unexpected case of General::spell1
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- Subject: [mg70931] Re: [mg70920] a slightly unexpected case of General::spell1
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 06:47:04 -0500 (EST)
- References: <200611010856.DAA01612@smc.vnet.net> <4548AF41.6000405@wolfram.com>
Thank you. I was beginning to wonder. On 11/1/06, Carl Woll <carlw at wolfram.com> wrote: > Chris Chiasson wrote: > > >In[1]:= > >System`Dump`$MessagesInHelpBrowserAreKnown=False; > >Format[anAbsicssa]="#"; > > > >In[3]:= > >anAbscissa^2//InputForm > > > >>From In[3]:= > >General::spell1: Possible spelling error: new symbol name "anAbscissa" is \ > >similar to existing symbol "#". > > > >Out[3]//InputForm= > >anAbscissa^2 > > > >Shouldn't Mathematica know that I actually typed anAbscissa as the > >input, which is nothing like #? > > > >AFAIK, # isn't even a symbol. It is a special type of input, like @, > >that parses to Slot[1], even in environments that don't use > >MakeExpression. > > > > > Well, anAbscissa is similar to the existing symbol anAbsicssa, which has > a Format statement so that it prints like "#". So, when anAbsicssa is > printed in the warning message, it is replaced with "#". > > Carl Woll > Wolfram Research > -- http://chris.chiasson.name/
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- a slightly unexpected case of General::spell1
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>
- a slightly unexpected case of General::spell1