Re: private functions in the core Octave distribution

[Jaroslav Hajek]

2009/12/2 John W. Eaton <address@hidden>:
> On  2-Dec-2009, S ren Hauberg wrote:
>
> | Yes, '__makeinfo__' is used in the 'generate_html' package, that we plan
> | on using for generating the Octave-Forge web pages (this was my
> | motivation for rewriting the help system into m-files). If you would
> | like to make the '__makeinfo__' function private then I can just work
> | around this by adding the corresponding 'private' directory to the
> | path.
>
> Hmm.  Shouldn't Octave prevent you from putting the private directory
> in the path?  Otherwise, what is the use of having private
> directories?  I see that it is currently allowed, but I think Matlab
> prohibits it.  I think the Matlab behavior is probably the right thing
> here, so we should fix the problem in Octave.
>

Temporarily including a private directory in path can be quite useful
for debugging. I don't see why Octave should prevent me from doing it.

regards

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RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
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