Re: core, matlab, & OF name conflicts [Was: strsplit needs an update]

[John W. Eaton]

On 03/31/2013 11:04 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Richard Crozier wrote:
>
> > Isn't the real issue here a lack of namespaces? With the new classdef branch I 
> > believe the Matlab 'package' structure (adding + to the start of directories to 
> > sort-of make them into a namespace) is being implemented. Perhaps forge 
> > packages could start using this? Otherwise it will just keep happening. 
> > Alternatively, a superior namespace scheme could be implemented in Octave (just 
> > like that you know, it's easy isn't it? ;-) ).
> >
> > Richard
>
> That is a much better solution!
>
>         
> http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_oop/scoping-classes-with-packages.html

Yes, using packages would be better than prefixes, but don't we still 
have the problem of conflicting package names?  Presumably, TMW will 
eventually put things like their control toolbox inside a package called 
control, at which point we will have to do the same to allow for 
compatibility with code that expects the package prefix on function 
calls to work.

jwe