Thanks! Regards, Luis
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 04:25:27PM +0000, Ed . wrote: > Hi Luis, > > This is a long-standing issue in PDL. If your code creates a > PDL::somefunction, there is indeed a risk that someone else’s code also makes > a PDL::somefunction, and there will be a problem. Using “warnings” in both > modules will at least tell you it happened. > > A way to dodge this is to make a subclass of PDL called e.g. PDL::Other that > all your code’s objects are in, and instead make PDL::Other::somefunction. > You’d create objects with PDL::Other->new(@args_as_normal). This is tested in > t/subclass.t and ought to work, including that any operations’ results will > also be in that subclass. If you try it and find any surprises, please say so > on here! Then I can capture that into t/subclass.t and fix it. > > Best regards, > Ed > > ________________________________ > From: Luis Mochan <moc...@icf.unam.mx> > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2024 2:41:27 PM > To: perldl <pdl-general@lists.sourceforge.net>; perldl > <pdl-de...@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Pdl-devel] naming conventions > > Hi, > It is sometimes convenient to call my own functions that operate on ndarrays > using the object notation: $ndarray->somefunction. A simple way to do > it is to define the function within the PDL name space as in > sub PDL::somefunction($self,...){...} > Is there a better way? Adding functions to a package as a user of that > package is risky as there might be a name collision with internal > functions actually defined within the PDL packages. Is there a naming > convention in PDL to avoid the collision? I vaguely recall there are > some subtleties if one wants to make new classes derived from PDL. > Regards, > Luis > > > -- > > o > W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) > Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ /\ > Av. Universidad s/n CP 62210 | (*)/\/ \ > Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | moc...@fis.unam.mx /\_/\__/ > GPG: 791EB9EB, C949 3F81 6D9B 1191 9A16 C2DF 5F0A C52B 791E B9EB > > > _______________________________________________ > pdl-devel mailing list > pdl-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-devel -- o W. Luis Mochán, | tel:(52)(777)329-1734 /<(*) Instituto de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM | fax:(52)(777)317-5388 `>/ /\ Av. Universidad s/n CP 62210 | (*)/\/ \ Cuernavaca, Morelos, México | moc...@fis.unam.mx /\_/\__/ GPG: 791EB9EB, C949 3F81 6D9B 1191 9A16 C2DF 5F0A C52B 791E B9EB _______________________________________________ pdl-general mailing list pdl-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-general