Re: forcing function execution as a core function or from a certain package

[Sergei Steshenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
> To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> Cc: Octave users list <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: forcing function execution as a core function or from a certain 
> package
> 
> On 10 July 2012 16:07, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:
>>  notation is allowed and _demand_ that all Octave packages follow the 
> scheme.
> 
> Yeah, good luck demanding all that. We can't even agree that sumsq
> isn't buggy in core Octave.
> 
> - Jordi G. H.
>

You don't have to agree that 'sumsq' is buggy. Those who think it is buggy will 
use package export mechanism - that's all.

FWIW, ATM:

"
The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) currently
                has 107,949 Perl modules in 25,211 distributions, written by 
9,837 authors, mirrored on 275 servers. 
".

I hardly remember ever encountering a name conflict in Perl packages world - 
people seem to stick to not exporting by default.

Or you think Octave developers are completely outlandish that they can't agree 
on that simple thing of not exporting by default ?

Regards,
  Sergei.