Inadvertant introduction of Global` symbols from packages
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg61103] Inadvertant introduction of Global` symbols from packages
- From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons at globalsymmetry.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:40:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Globalsymmetry
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I thought I had figured out why this was happening, but it started happening
again after I made the changes I thought would fix it. I have a package
that uses LinearAlgebra`Orthogonalization`Normalize. I therefore have
BeginPackage["STH`Fluid3D`", {"LinearAlgebra`"}] as the first line of the
package. The only context where I use Normalize is the
"STH`Fluid3D`Private`" context. When I load the package in a notebook I
often have a symbol called "Normalize" in the Global` context. Sometimes I
have received an error telling me about the shadowing, but not always.
When it happens, my code stops working. How can I prevent this kind of
thing from happening?
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