Re: namespace collision [bug]
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg68710] Re: namespace collision [bug]
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:18:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <ebujoc$6k9$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Chris Chiasson wrote: > As far as I know, a named pattern created inside the A`Private` > context should not interfere with the definition of a symbol with the > same name from B`. Will someone verify this as a bug? Will someone > please provide a workaround? > > In[1]:= > BeginPackage["A`"]; > funA::usage=""; > Begin["Private`"]; > funA[funB_]:=funB!; > End[]; > EndPackage[]; > BeginPackage["B`"]; > Off[General::spell1]; > funB::usage=""; > funC::usage=""; > Begin["Private`"]; > funB[_]:="you called funB"; > funC[_]:="you called funC"; > End[]; > EndPackage[]; > > In[16]:= > funB[5] > > Out[16]= > funB[5] > > In[17]:= > funC[5] > > Out[17]= > you called funC > > In[18]:= > $Version > > Out[18]= > 5.2 for Microsoft Windows (June 20, 2005) > Hi Chris, As a workaround, reverse the order of your packages: In[1]:= BeginPackage["B`"]; Off[General::spell1]; funB::usage = ""; funC::usage = ""; Begin["Private`"]; funB[_] := "you called funB"; funC[_] := "you called funC"; End[]; EndPackage[]; BeginPackage["A`"]; funA::usage = ""; Begin["Private`"]; funA[funB_] := funB!; End[]; EndPackage[]; In[16]:= funB[5] Out[16]= "you called funB" In[17]:= funC[5] Out[17]= "you called funC" In[18]:= funA[5] Out[18]= 120 In[19]:= $Version Out[19]= "5.2 for Microsoft Windows (June 20, 2005)" Best regards, Jean-Marc