Do not redefine . in vect.mac, was: Vector ops and non-commutative matrix mult revisited
Subject: Do not redefine . in vect.mac, was: Vector ops and non-commutative matrix mult revisited
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 10:38:41 -0600
On 9/6/06, Neilen Marais <nmarais at sun.ac.za> wrote:
> Namespaces would IMHO be the best solution, but is obviously not something
> that's going to happen overnight?
Well, on second thought, hiding the . redefinition in the vect package
would just be a case of sweeping the problem under the rug --
an incompatible redefinition is just a weak choice in general.
FWIW
Robert