Re: [open-axiom-devel] VOID and NONE

2009-10-05 Thread Gabriel Dos Reis
Bill Page writes: [...] | 'None' on the other hand is called a "domain without any values" but | it is typically used in situations where one apparently needs to | temporarily avoid (duck?) the type checking, e.g. in the domain 'Any', | but also in several other places in Axiom: None is known t

[open-axiom-devel] VOID and NONE

2009-10-05 Thread Bill Page
We seldom seem to make much progress with foundational issues in Axiom (where I write Axiom in this email, it should be understood that I am also referring to FriCAS and OpenAxiom) but I thought I would like to bring up a subject that has bother me a little and ask for comments. 'None' and 'Void'