Re: Re: Compatibility woes
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- Subject: [mg76106] Re: [mg76044] Re: [mg75986] Compatibility woes
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 05:34:32 -0400 (EDT)
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> In 6.0, you don't seem to need to load any package to use ToPackedArray. Wrong. 1) I open the program, I type ?ToPackedArray and I get the Information::notfound error. I start typing ToP, push Ctrl-k, and I get an error beep, for the same reason. I type ToPackedArray@Range[10], and the output is unevaluated. And, as I said before, Help says ToPackedArray is a "Developer Package Symbol". 2) After <<Developer`, ? works, Ctrl-k works, but ToPackedArray@Range@10 is STILL unevaluated, and the name is highlighted in red (meaning the symbol is shadowed in multiple contexts). 3) After Quit, Needs["Developer`"] returns the Needs::nocont error, but now ? and Ctrl-k work, ToPackedArray applied to a list now works, and Context@ToPackedArray returns Developer`. So... Get gave no error but didn't work, then Needs worked perfectly while giving an ugly error message. 4) BUT!!!! Now I Quit again, use Get, and it DOES work. 5) Then I close Mathematica, reopen, step 1 goes as before, but step 2 is different; everything works, and there's no shadowing. What the hell? I give up. Bobby On Tue, 15 May 2007 08:53:06 -0500, Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote: > In 6.0, you don't seem to need to load any package to use ToPackedArray. > > DrMajorBob wrote: >> ToPackedArray is available after: >> << Developer` >> We're supposed to get the hint from the top-of-the-page heading that >> says "Developer Package Symbol". >> Hopefully that works for EVERYTHING in help, if a Get or Needs >> statement isn't shown? >> Bobby >> On Mon, 14 May 2007 02:49:02 -0500, Mark Adler >> <madler at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote: >> >>> I have been using Mathematica since 1.0. For every new version or >>> update, my previous notebooks have all worked without modification. >>> >>> Not so with Version 6. >>> >>> Of course, the first clue is that Mathematica offers to fix my old >>> notebooks when I load them the first time. Get rid of semicolons >>> after Plot[] and Show[], change Random[] to the new versions, that >>> sort of thing. That's all somewhat annoying, but I suppose tolerable. >>> >>> Then it complains about old packages that, it says, will mess up the >>> new graphics or other functions. So it complains about loading, for >>> example, Graphics`Colors`. If I don't load it, I no longer have >>> DeepSkyBlue, or PaleGreen used as plot line colors. If I do load it, >>> I am allegedly at risk that something else will be screwed up. >>> >>> It can't find Developer`, so how do I get ToPackedArray[]? >>> >>> All in all, I am disturbed that after loading only a few notebooks, >>> I've run into so many incompatibilities. I fear that I've only >>> scratched the surface, and many more are laying in wait. >>> >>> What is the justification for this sudden and flagrant disregard for >>> backward compatibility? >>> >>> Yes, I'm having fun playing with Manipulate[], but I'm wondering if I >>> made a mistake to download the new version. >>> >>> Mark Adler >>> >>> >>> >> > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com
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