[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #58580] Changes to classdef files and additions to +package folders aren't reflected without magic incantations

[Neil Konzen]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58580>

                 Summary: Changes to classdef files and additions to +package
folders aren't reflected without magic incantations
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: waterdog1
            Submitted on: Tue 16 Jun 2020 03:44:11 AM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: waterdog1
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 5.2.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

Changes to classdef .m files or additions to matlab-style "+package" folders
aren't reflected in running code unless "clear all;clear classes;rehash" or
similar incantation is done.

Actually I'm not 100% sure what the minimum incantation required is to make
things work.  In a few cases I found I had to exit and restart Octave for
things to work properly, but perhaps that is because I wasn't using the right
commands to reset everything.

This kind of behavior will occasionally occur in Matlab, but not nearly as
often.

At a minimum, this behavior should be well documented, with the proper,
minimum-length incantation to be used to clear whatever internal caches are
being used by Octave.






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