Import "HeldExpression" element of MX file
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- Subject: [mg103219] Import "HeldExpression" element of MX file
- From: Szabolcs Horvát <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:25:34 -0400 (EDT)
I was trying to get the content of an MX file (there was a question about this about a week ago). If I read the documentation correctly, this should be possible by importing the "HeldExpression" element. But it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong? This is what I did: a = {1,2,3} DumpSave["a.mx", a] Quit Import["a.mx", "HeldExpression"] (* Import returned nothing *) ?Global`* I expected that input would return something like Hold[a = {1,2,3}]. Instead it simply re-imported the variable a into the workspace, just like Import["a.mx", "Expression"] does.
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