Command: ToMathematicaExpression

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Name:
 ToMathematicaExpression - converts SLI data to Mathematica input
Synopsis:
any ToMathematicaExpression -> string

Description:
An error is raised for unsupported SLI data types. In particular,
the function also converts heterogeneous arrays and dictionaries.

Examples:

[3.4 (hello) [2 3] ] ToMathematicaExpression -->
     ({ImportString["3.4","List"][[1]], "hello", {2, 3}})
<< /i 6 /s (hello) >> ToMathematicaExpression -->
     ({i -> 6, s -> "hello"})

Author:
 Diesmann
Remarks:
The conversion of doubles does not yet guarantee the existence
of the decimal point and an appropriate number of digits.
References:
   [1] The Mathematica Book
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/lib/sli/mathematica.sli

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