Hi John,
I'm trying to solve a problem with classdef package functions. While analyzing the issue, I'm wondering what's the relation/redundancy between octave_function::dir_name and octave_user_function::file_name and in which context one should prefer one over the other.
The problem I'm solving is related to checking out-of-date status of package functions. The function out_of_date_check is missing the package information and fails to compare a loaded package function with the load_path information.
Somehow I have to provide the package information to out_of_date_check. I believe the best way would be to get that information from the octave_function object. As out_of_date_check is also used for function handles, this would make such handles to work for package functions. I'm thinking about 2 possible implementations:
1) attach package information as another member to octave_function object
2) extract package information from octave_function::dir_name (by scanning the +-folders at the tail of the path and reconstructing the package name); this is the reason for my initial question above
Alternatively, I could also add another argument to out_of_date_check for passing the package name. But then the package information would be lost in function handles (ov-fcn-handle.h).
Any comment?
Michael.