OpenEuphoria

Re: Name-space proposal

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at g?ai?.com> Aug 02, 2007
• 479 views

Bernie Ryan wrote:
> 
> Matt:
> 
>    That is not what I mean:
>
>    I write program with no name-space includes.
> 
>    I have a function called abs() in my program and I
>    include some file that also has a function called abs()
>    contained in it.
> 
>    The interpeter will abort giving an name-space error.
> 
>    I want the interpeter to just continue to run the program
>    and report the error as warning when it exits.
>  
>    This way you don't have to keep starting/stopping to correct
>    name-space errors or this would allow you to run a program
>    using your own abs() function instead of another abs() in
>    someone's include file.
> 
>    This would be like over-riding a function.      

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking for, exactly, or how the 
interpreter should deal with it.  Is it similar to what was discussed
in this thread?:

http://www.openeuphoria.org/cgi-bin/esearch.exu?thread=1&fromMonth=6&fromYear=8&toMonth=8&toYear=8&keywords=%22another+look+at+namespaces%22

In any case, please post a test case (read: actual code) that illustrates the 
issue, and describe how the interpreter should handle it.

Matt