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Question: Unexpected convert

Question:Unexpected convert

Rouben Rostamian 8003 Maple 2017
vector eval
January 02 2018
1

This behavior seems rather odd.  Is it documented anywhere?

> 

v := <a,b>;

_rtable[18446883876157227486]

  
> 

a := 3: b := 4:
> 

v;

_rtable[18446883876157227486]

  
> 

convert(v, list);

[a, b]

  

I expected that final result to be [3,4].  Why is it [a,b]?

I know that I can do eval(convert(v, list)) to get the numerical value, but why is the eval necessary?

 
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