[metapost] Metapost: generisize() bug

[Taco Hoekwater]

Dan Luecking wrote:
> At 04:25 AM 3/19/2008, you wrote:
> 
> 
>> Eddie Kohler wrote:
>> > Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>> >  > This may be a strange question, but: Do you know how to fix the
>> >  > macro? Apparently it is broken now thanks to an earlier (wrong)
>> >  > bugfix by me for a problem that happened with strings with "[["
>> >  > in it (reported by Denis Roegel).
>> >
>> > It's not a STRANGE question exactly :)
>> >
>> > The following generisize() appears to work.
> 
> Here is a silly (if not strange) question:
> 
> Is there any particular reason this is spelled
> "generisize". An operation that converts something

My guess is that it is just a bit of wordplay. You'ld have to ask John 
to be sure, I assume.

Best wishes,
Taco