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Expression Evaluation

Calling Sequence:
eval(exp)
Parameters:
exp : an expression

Returns: The type expression exp evaluates to.

Synopsis: This function immediately forces a complete evaluation of exp.

Examples:

> z := eval(5 + 5);
> t := eval(noeval(UserStructure(data)));

See also: noeval




Gaston Gonnet
1998-09-15