On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In package A I have askForString(), which asks the user for a string.
> Also in package A I have defined ssh(), which calls askForString().
>
> Package B has package A as a prerequisite.
>
> In package B I redefine askForString() to take advantage of a nicer user
> interface made available by B, namely the Emacs mini-buffer prompt.
>
> Packages B and A are both on the search path, with B ahead of A. If I
> call askForString() at the command prompt, I get the version from B.
> But the version used by ssh() depends on whether or not package A has a
> namespace. If so, ssh() (defined in A) always uses the A version of
> askForString(). How can I get ssh() to use the B version of
> askForString()? Or am I going about this all wrong?
That is one of the main purposes of a namespace, but you can defeat it.
In the scenario you paint, B::askForString() should work (whether or not B
has a namespace).
If (I am guessing) you want the version that would be gotten at the top
level (the > prompt) whether or not B is in use, use
get("askForString", pos=1)().
--
Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self)
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