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bug #63104: exist fails to query +package functions (such as containers.Map)

Submitter:  Qianqian Fang <fangq>
Submitted:  Sun 25 Sep 2022 04:37:34 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Incorrect Result
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Qianqian Fang Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Tue 22 Nov 2022 06:42:55 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Also, for a class named myClass in a package myPkg, that is, defined in the file +myPkg/myClass.m we have the following with Octave 7.3 on Ubuntu.


exist('myPkg.myClass')

Incorrect. Octave returns 0. MATLAB returns 8.


exist('+myPkg/myClass')

Incorrect. Octave returns 0. MATLAB returns 2.


exist('+myPkg/myClass.m')

Correct. Octave returns 2. MATLAB returns 2.

Ray Zimmerman <rdzman>
Mon 26 Sep 2022 06:55:18 AM UTC, comment #1: 

The `which` function is working for me in Octave 7.2.0. (Octave 5 or 6 are old and no longer supported.)

The `exist` function still returns `0` though.

With Octave 7.2.0 on Windows:

>> which containers.Map
'containers.Map' is a class constructor from the file C:\Program Files\GNU Octave\Octave-7.2.0\mingw64\share\octave\7.2.0\m\+containers\Map.m
>> exist('containers.Map')
ans = 0
>> which('matlab.lang.makeUniqueStrings')
'matlab.lang.makeUniqueStrings' is a function from the file C:\Program Files\GNU Octave\Octave-7.2.0\mingw64\share\octave\7.2.0\m\+matlab\+lang\makeUniqueStrings.m
>> exist('matlab.lang.makeUniqueStrings')
ans = 0


Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
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Sun 25 Sep 2022 04:37:34 PM UTC, original submission:  

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Summary:

functions stored in a package namespace (+package folder) can not be queried using exist() or which().

This can be reproduced on Octave 5.2 and 6.4. (did not test for 7.x or dev)


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Expected result (as in MATLAB):

>> exist('containers.Map')

ans =
     8

>> which containers.Map

containers.Map is a built-in method  % containers.Map constructor

>> which matlab.lang.makeUniqueStrings

/.../MATLAB/R2020a/toolbox/matlab/lang/+matlab/+lang/makeUniqueStrings.m  % static method or package function

>> exist('matlab.lang.makeUniqueStrings.m') %not sure why this happens

ans =
     0

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Current result (tested in Octave 6.4.0 on Ubuntu 22.04)
   query failed, but they can be called

>> exist('containers.Map')

ans = 0

>> which containers.Map
>> a=containers.Map()

a =
  containers.Map object with properties:
    Count     : 0
    KeyType   : char
    ValueType : any

>> exist('matlab.lang.makeUniqueStrings')

ans = 0

>> matlab.lang.makeUniqueStrings('test')

ans = test

>> ls '/usr/share/octave/6.4.0/m/+containers/Map.m'

/usr/share/octave/6.4.0/m/+containers/Map.m

>> ls '/usr/share/octave/6.4.0/m/+matlab/+lang/makeUniqueStrings.m'

/usr/share/octave/6.4.0/m/+matlab/+lang/makeUniqueStrings.m

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2022-09-26 mmuetzel StatusNone Confirmed
        Release6.4.0 dev
        Operating SystemGNU/Linux Any
        Summaryexist and which fail to query +package functions (such as containers.Map) exist fails to query +package functions (such as containers.Map)

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