Member function change in 2.4.x?

John Kemeny on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:59:09 +0100

Member function change in 2.4.x?

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Subject: Member function change in 2.4.x?
From: John Kemeny <johnkemeny@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:52:19 -0800 (PST)
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Hello.

When I type:

d.1=d[1]

x=[1,2,3]

x.1

into version 2.3.4 I get the expected answer 1.

However, in version 2.4.3 I get the message 'unused characters' positioned over the point (dot in 'x.1').

Is this point notation not upward compatible?

Thanks in advance.

John

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Member function change in 2.4.x?
  - From: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>