Re: warning: function /usr/share/octave/packages/statistics-1.1.3/fstat.m shadows a core library function

[Juan Pablo Carbajal]

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:56 PM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> > Thanks very much for your response.
>> > I want to use the one from the statistic package. My next question is
>> > the same as that of Allen. What does "just remove it" mean? Could you
>> > give me the hint how to do it?
>>
>> Means to just remove the fstat.m file or send it to trash.
>
> Mine is in: \Octave\share\octave\3.6.2\m\deprecated.  Is that
> the one to remove?  Could it be renamed fstat.foo, say?
>
> But if you want that one (as you say), you don't have to do
> anything, since it supersedes the built-in one.
>
> Regards,
> Allen
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Hi,
As Carnë said, when you load the statistic packages fstat in core gets
shadowed, this means that Octave wont find the function fstat in core
but it will be using the fstat.m form statistics.
So, if you want to use the function from statistics package, then do
not worry about the message, it is a warning to let you know what is
happening.

You can rename the function (you need to rename file and function
name), but this is the same as just moving it somewhere outside
Octave's search path (like trash), since no other function calling
fstat will be able to use the renamed function.

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M. Sc. Juan Pablo Carbajal
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