Ok, for the moment the warnings can be ignored and in case of doubt I will use the core functions. Thank you very much,
JPi On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Søren Hauberg <so...@hauberg.org> wrote: > ons, 15 12 2010 kl. 09:06 +0100, skrev Olaf Till: >> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 08:27:37AM +0100, Juan Pablo Carbajal wrote: >> > Dear all, >> > >> > Using Octave 3.3.54, every time it starts I get the following warnings: >> > warning: function ~/octave/specfun-1.0.9/erfcx.m shadows a built-in >> > function >> > warning: function ~/octave/optim-1.0.12/fminbnd.m shadows a core >> > library function >> > warning: function ~/octave/statistics-1.0.10/fstat.m shadows a core >> > library function >> > warning: function ~/octave/statistics-1.0.10/prctile.m shadows a core >> > library function >> > warning: function ~/octave/io-1.0.13/csvread.m shadows a core library >> > function >> > warning: function ~/octave/io-1.0.13/csvwrite.m shadows a core library >> > function >> > warning: function ~/octave/io-1.0.13/dlmwrite.m shadows a core library >> > function >> > warning: function >> > ~/octave/io-1.0.13/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v37/textread.oct shadows a >> > core library function >> > warning: function ~/octave/juanpi_files/comet.m shadows a core library >> > function >> > >> > Is this the expected behavior? Since apparently there are overlaping >> > functions in the core and the packages, how to know which ine is the >> > right one in terms of bugs, efficiency, etc...? >> >> You can't know. But if there is a core function, I would try it first. >> >> Seemingly these packages are not yet adapted to the development >> version of Octave you are running. As for optim, current packaged >> version 1.0.15 does not contain fminbnd anymore. > > Basically, the packages have not been adapted to the development version > of Octave. In the old days we did our best to ensure optimal performance > with the current stable release. These days, it's really the package > maintainer that decides the recommended version of Octave for the > specific package. > > Søren > > -- M. Sc. Juan Pablo Carbajal ----- PhD Student University of Zürich www.ailab.ch/carbajal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
