[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55457] which() and edit() don't work on functions or classes in namespaces

[Andrew Janke]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55457>

                 Summary: which() and edit() don't work on functions or
classes in namespaces
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: apjanke
            Submitted on: Sat 12 Jan 2019 06:30:35 AM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.4.1
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Let's say I have a class Baz and a function SomeFunction defined in the
namespace "foo.bar".

My directory structure:
- +foo/
  - +bar/
    - Baz.m
    - SomeFunction.m

In Matlab, you can do which('foo.bar.SomeFunction.m') or
edit('foo.bar.SomeFunction') and it will locate that SomeFunction.m file under
+foo/+bar. Same with the Baz.m class.

In Octave, this doesn't work:


octave:3> which('foo.bar.Baz')
octave:4> which('foo.bar.SomeFunction')
octave:5>


And doing "edit" on them pops up a prompt saying "File
/Users/janke/tmp/octave-test/foo.bar.Baz does not exist. Do you want to create
it?"

It would be nice if Octave supported addressing namespace-qualified functions
and classes this way. It would make working with large codebases easier.





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