[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55667] Conflict between package namespace and function name

[Guillaume]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55667>

                 Summary: Conflict between package namespace and function name
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: gyom
            Submitted on: Thu 07 Feb 2019 01:37:46 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Guillaume
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

There is a conflict between package namespaces and functions with the same
name, due to the "chaining" feature Octave implements to reference the output
of a function.

Use the following toy example:


>> mkdir +octave
>> system ("echo function octave, disp('package'); > +octave/octave.m");
>> system ("echo function octave, disp('function'); > octave.m");


In Octave:


>> octave
function
>> octave.octave
function
error: can't perform indexing operations for <unknown type> type


and Matlab:


>> octave
function
>> octave.octave
package
>> import octave.*
>> octave
package







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