[Date Index] [Thread Index] [Author Index]

Updating old packages to later Ma versions

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg113862] Updating old packages to later Ma versions
• From: leigh pascoe <leigh at evry.inserm.fr>
• Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:05:27 -0500 (EST)

I have downloaded and installed a Mathematica package that can be found here: 

http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/institutes/evolution/software/barton/

The package is beautifully written and documented. Unfortunately it was 
written in Mathematica 4.0 and made use of the Notation, Combinatorica 
and Statistics packages, which are now superceded by later versions of 
Mathematica. The functions in the package are also capitalised, giving 
rise (I think) to the possibility of clashes with Mathematica native 
functions. When I run the package I get a number of warnings about the 
changed packages and in some instances Ma becomes unstable. There is no 
up-dated version of the package available.

Is there a procedure for creating a new version of a package that will 
be compatible with Mathematica 7.0? Is it possible to limit the 
capitalised commands to the package in question and to give them 
priority over any clashing native commands?

I checked the Compatibility guide in the help, but there is no entry for 
Notation or Statistics.

Thanks for any help

Typical warnings:
<<Multilocus`DataManipulation`;

General::obspkg: Utilities`Notation` is now obsolete. The legacy version 
being loaded may conflict with current Mathematica functionality. See 
the Compatibility Guide for updating information. >>
Get::noopen: Cannot open C:\Program Files\Wolfram 
Research\Mathematica\7.0\AddOns\ExtraPackages\Utilities\Palettes\English\NotationPalette.nb. 
 >>
General::newpkg: DiscreteMath`Combinatorica` is now available as the 
Combinatorica Package. See the Compatibility Guide for updating 
information. >>
Global`OverHat::shdw: Symbol OverHat appears in multiple contexts 
{Global`,System`}; definitions in context Global` may shadow or be 
shadowed by other definitions. >>
Global`SuperDagger::shdw: Symbol SuperDagger appears in multiple 
contexts {Global`,System`}; definitions in context Global` may shadow or 
be shadowed by other definitions. >>
Global`SuperStar::shdw: Symbol SuperStar appears in multiple contexts 
{Global`,System`}; definitions in context Global` may shadow or be 
shadowed by other definitions. >>
General::obspkg: Statistics`DescriptiveStatistics` is now obsolete. The 
legacy version being loaded may conflict with current Mathematica 
functionality. See the Compatibility Guide for updating information. >>
General::obspkg: Statistics`MultiDescriptiveStatistics` is now obsolete. 
The legacy version being loaded may conflict with current Mathematica 
functionality. See the Compatibility Guide for updating information. >>
General::stop: Further output of General::obspkg will be suppressed 
during this calculation. >>

LP