I know that I have raised this question before, and also got some responses.
However, I cannot find the thread, and I'm still interested in what is going on.
I don't have a clue.
restart;
f:=proc(a)
plot(sin(x),x=0..Pi);
#plot(x^3,x=0..1);
#plot(undefined,x=0..1);
a^2
end proc:
#Now try plotting what should be the parabola y = x^2 on the interval -1..1:
plot(f,-1..1,adaptive=false);
plot(f,-1..1);
plot(f(a),a=-1..1);