Maxima Special symbol
?
As prefix to a function or variable name, ?
signifies that the
name is a Lisp name, not a Maxima name.
For example, ?round
signifies the Lisp function ROUND
.
See Lisp and Maxima
for more on this point.
The notation ? word
(a question mark followed a word, separated by whitespace)
is equivalent to describe("word")
.
The question mark must occur at the beginning of an input line;
otherwise it is not recognized as a request for documentation.