Prof Ripley,
Thanks to both you and Duncan Murdoch, who replied with similar advice.
Your suggestion to use get("askForString", pos = 1)() in my ssh()
function does what I want whether package B is attached or not.
Jeff
Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
br> 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?
br> That is one of the main purposes of a namespace, but you can defeat it.
br> In the scenario you paint, B::askForString() should work (whether or not
B has
br> a namespace).
br> If (I am guessing) you want the version that would be gotten at the top
level
br> (the > prompt) whether or not B is in use, use
br> get("askForString", pos=1)().
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