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On 4/14/2013 2:36 PM, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
65 def r_ladder := draw unitsquare; enddef;
wrong mp: no := but =
Oh, you're right. Though why does it work most of the time, but fails depending on the exact surrounding .tex text (outside of the MP code)?
Maybe related: mpost never noticed my syntax error before. That function defn has used the := syntax for about 3 years (the vcs tells me that I put in that function in March, 2010).
With my mpost today, it also works. Here's a minimal .mp file that worked (using MetaPost version 1.504):
def r_ladder := draw unitsquare scaled 1cm enddef;
beginfig(1) r_ladder; endfig; end
hm, interesting, i wonder what the difference is in = and := in such a def Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------