Re: RE: Context
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- Subject: [mg71000] Re: [mg70985] RE: [mg70956] Context
- From: Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at jeol.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 04:08:12 -0500 (EST)
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On Nov 3, 2006, at 1:39 AM, Virgilio, Vincent - SSD wrote: > Below, a CompoundExpression[] contains a Begin[]. I think the Begin[] > will not affect anything in that CompoundExpression[]. So Mathematica > creates t in Global` rather than x`, which you see. The answer is to consider $ContextPath. > -----Original Message----- > From: dh [mailto:dh at metrohm.ch] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Subject: [mg71000] [mg70985] [mg70956] Context > > > Hello, > > consider: > > fun[x_]:=( Begin[x]; > > Print[t]; > > End[]; > > ); > > according to the manual one would think that the variable t in > context x No it will search for t in contexts specified in the context path, if there's a DownValue for t specified in a context on the context path and none in the current context, then the value in the other context will be used. If you think about this for a second this behavior is necessary because most of the built in functions are defined in the System` context and if Begin overwrote the context path you'd lose all the built in definition when you started a new context. This explanation is in the further explanation section of the help on Begin, specifically: > A symbol whose context name is not specified is looked up first in > the current context, then in the contexts in $ContextPath. and > This command changes the current context, but not the context path. > In[3]:= > Begin["Temporary`"]; > {$Context,$ContextPath} > > Out[3]= > {Temporary`,{Global`,System`}} Regards, Ssezi
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- RE: Context
- From: "Virgilio, Vincent - SSD" <Vincent.Virgilio@itt.com>
- RE: Context