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bug #64595: [Octave forge] (netcdf) Make Matlab compatible +package version of netcdf functions for compatibility

Submitter:  Richard <crobar>
Submitted:  Fri 25 Aug 2023 11:44:02 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Package Severity:  1 - Wish
Priority:  3 - Low Item Group:  Feature Request
Status:  Fixed Assigned to:  lostbard
Originator Name:  Richard Crozier Open/Closed:  * Closed
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 21 Sep 2023 07:39:43 PM UTC, comment #10: 

No further problems reported. Closing as fixed.

Arun Giridhar <arungiridhar>
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Tue 05 Sep 2023 09:16:55 PM UTC, comment #9: 

Great, thanks for responding!

Richard <crobar>
Tue 05 Sep 2023 04:05:46 PM UTC, comment #8: 

I got around to looking at it and pushed a change to add the netcdf.xxxxxx files to the repo

John Donoghue <lostbard>
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Tue 29 Aug 2023 12:42:03 AM UTC, comment #7: 

I'll look at a patch if submitted - please provide as a git patch, rather than as a tarball of changes files.
 
I would imagine that as part of the generation, it will need to provide some kind of documentation so users can get information of function usage rather than just a see netcf_XXXXX

John Donoghue <lostbard>
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Mon 28 Aug 2023 09:54:21 PM UTC, comment #6: 

Purely compatibility with existing code written for Matlab, so it can be run without extensive modification. I'm looking at possibly supplying a patch to generate the +package directory on installation. Would such a patch be accepted?

Richard <crobar>
Mon 28 Aug 2023 09:53:42 PM UTC, comment #5: 

I marked it as a wish feature request and lowered priority

John Donoghue <lostbard>
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Mon 28 Aug 2023 09:51:11 PM UTC, comment #4: 

Yes thats what it does - and I agree that its not quite the same.

The struct file is auto generated from the other functions.

Is there added benefit in adding extra files to support it? It runs faster ? Apart from the import statement, matlab code wont run?

John Donoghue <lostbard>
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Mon 28 Aug 2023 09:29:33 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I feel it would be relatively easy to generate the +package by just creating files in a +netcdf directory like the following in a similar way


function getConstant(varargin)

    netcdf_getConstant(varargin{:});

end


Richard <crobar>
Mon 28 Aug 2023 09:23:46 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Thanks for the tip, but at first glance, I understand that what this does is create a structure in the local workspace with a load of function handles that match the netcdf function names.

This really doesn't provide compatibility as all existing matlab code using the netcdf package would have to be modified to add this import_netcdf statement in every function which uses the netcdf package.

Richard <crobar>
Mon 28 Aug 2023 07:59:37 PM UTC, comment #1: 

That functionality is already provided.

run

import_netcdf

after loading the netcdf package and you can use netcdf.XXXXX functions.

John Donoghue <lostbard>
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Fri 25 Aug 2023 11:44:02 AM UTC, original submission:  

The netcdf packages are all of the naming format "netcdf_*"

The matlab version of most of the same functions are instead in a +package directory "+netcdf" and called like netcdf.abort etc.

It would be very helpful if it were possible to provide the same interface in the Octave netcdf package. This could be generated automatically, and could coexist with the existing functions, so no need to break existing user code.

Richard <crobar>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2023-09-21 arungiridhar StatusReady For Test Fixed
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2023-09-05 lostbard StatusNone Ready For Test
        Assigned toNone lostbard
    2023-08-28 lostbard Severity3 - Normal 1 - Wish
        Priority5 - Normal 3 - Low
    2023-08-25 nrjank Summary[netcdf] Make Matlab compatible +package version of netcdf functions for compatibility [Octave forge] (netcdf) Make Matlab compatible +package version of netcdf functions for compatibility

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