Re: core, matlab, & OF name conflicts [Was: strsplit needs an update]

[Richard Crozier]

On 31/03/2013 16:09, John W. Eaton wrote:
> Yes, using packages would be better than prefixes, but don't we still 
> have the problem of conflicting package names?  Presumably, TMW will 
> eventually put things like their control toolbox inside a package 
> called control, at which point we will have to do the same to allow 
> for compatibility with code that expects the package prefix on 
> function calls to work.
>
> jwe 

Yes, but by then Octave will have supplanted Matlab :-)

Seriously, do you mean the issue would be that the OF control package 
would *not* have the same name as the maltab package, or that the 
problem would be that it *would* have the same name and conflict with 
the OF package?

In the first case, could you have a mechanism to map one package name 
onto another e.g.

mappkgname OFcontrol control

which you could put in your .octaverc or similar so control.thefunction 
is the same as OFcontrol.thefunction?

The second case is more difficult, and probably requires changing the 
package name, but what are the odds they choose the same name in every case?

Richard

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