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bug #48041: classdef: `help myclass` messes up `help @myclass/method`

Submitter:  Colin Macdonald <cbm>
Submitted:  Fri 27 May 2016 08:48:30 PM UTC
 
Category:  Interpreter Severity:  1 - Wish
Priority:  3 - Low Item Group:  Feature Request
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Sun 24 Jul 2022 06:16:49 AM UTC, comment #3: 


> the alternate syntax 'help myclass.method' works universally now


I'm not sure this is so.  Not for old-style (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62804). I also found this summary: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?61521


Colin Macdonald <cbm>
Fri 04 Jun 2021 07:46:29 PM UTC, comment #2: 

It's still true that calling 'help myclass' makes 'help @myclass/method' not work, unless it has already been called before. However, the alternate syntax 'help myclass.method' works universally now, so that's a useful workaround.

It's not clear to me whether the '@myclass/method' form should only work for methods actually defined in a subdirectory, or should it also work for methods defined and documented inline in the classdef block?

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Sun 29 May 2016 04:44:11 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Confirmed here, calling the class constructor, as opposed to `help foo`, also masks the help on any other methods.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
Group administrator
Fri 27 May 2016 08:48:30 PM UTC, original submission:  

`help` interacts badly with classdef-style classes.  After I do `help classname`, I cannot access the help of any methods (except ones I accessed before `help classname`.


>> help pyobject
error: help: 'pyobject' is not documented
>> help @pyobject/display
error: help: '@pyobject/display' is not documented
>> help @pyobject/dummy
error: help: '@pyobject/dummy' is not documented

("@pyobject/dummy" is documented).

But if I restart Octave and try the commands in a different order:


>> help @pyobject/display
'@pyobject/display' is a function from the file /home/cbm/src/pytave.hg.mine/@pyobject/display.m

 -- Method on @pyobject: display (X)
     Custom display for pyobjects.

  ---- 8< -----

>> help pyobject
error: help: 'pyobject' is not documented
>> help @pyobject/dummy
error: help: '@pyobject/dummy' is not documented


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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2021-06-04 mtmiller Severity3 - Normal 1 - Wish
        Priority5 - Normal 3 - Low
        Item GroupIncorrect Result Feature Request
    2017-09-19 pantxo Dependencies- bugs #52058 is dependent
    2016-05-29 mtmiller StatusNone Confirmed
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