Bug in 5.1 FE?
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- Subject: [mg52946] Bug in 5.1 FE?
- From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons at globalsymmetry.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 05:19:44 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Could someone please verify this problem I'm experiencing on a SuSE 9.2
Intel system with Mathematica 5.1? To reproduce the problem do the
following:
Create a package as follows:
BeginPackage["NotBroken`", "Graphics`Arrow`"]
Begin["`Private`"]
delta = Power[a, Rational[-1, 2]];
placeArrow[point_, d_] := Module[{},
Arrow[point, point + d, HeadScaling -> Relative]
];
End[]
EndPackage[]
Make the cell containing the above code an initialization cell, execute the
code, and save it in package format as NotBroken.nb. In another file
place:
Needs["NotBroken`"]
and evaluate that cell after killing the kernel. There should be no output.
Now save the file as Broken.nb replace the line:
delta = Power[a, Rational[-1, 2]];
with:
\!\(\(delta = 1\/\@a;\)\)
and change the package name to Broken. After killing the kernel try to
evaluate a Needs["Broken`"].
I get This error message:
Arrow::shdw :
Symbol Arrow appears in multiple contexts {Graphics`Arrow`,Global`};
definitions in context Graphics`Arrow` may shadow or be shadowed by other
definitions.
HeadScaling::shdw: Symbol HeadScaling appears in multiple contexts
{Graphics`Arrow`, Global`}; definitions in context Graphics`Arrow` may
shadow or be shadowed by other definitions.
Relative::shdw: Symbol Relative appears in multiple contexts
{Graphics`Arrow`, Global`}; definitions in context Graphics`Arrow` may
shadow or be shadowed by other definitions.
Strangely, removing the HeadScaling -> Relative fromm the Arrow[] command
makes the error message go away.
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