[Scilab-users] Functions lib

[sgougeon at free.fr]

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De: "Dang Ngoc Chan, Christophe"

>Hello all, hello Samuel,
>
>> De : Samuel Gougeon
>> Envoyé : vendredi 23 septembre 2016 11:00
>>
>>> * a file named "name" (without any extension), which is an ascii file
>>> containing the names of the functions;
>>
>> That's true, this is required for Scilab 5, and no longer for Scilab 6.
>> [...]
>> This is not enough. The "lib" file is also required. It is generated with genlib(..)
>
>I did not try to create a library recently,
>but the help still mentions the "names" file
>(BTW I forgot the "s")
>https://help.scilab.org/docs/6.0.0/en_US/lib.html
>and does not mention any lib file.
>
>When reading the help page for genlib
>https://help.scilab.org/docs/6.0.0/en_US/genlib.html
>I understand it is an automated process to create the bin files,
>but it does not either mention any lib file.
>
>Maybe the help pages need an update?
>(Or maybe I need to read more cautiously.)

IMO, as already mentionned on this forum, lib() looks almost useless.
load() does exactly the same, except that it does not allow to rename
on loading the loaded library. It names it according to its default
name declared when compiling it.
But i never met circumstances where the default name was a problem.
Rather, most often we try to guess what is the default name of the library
to use it as LHS output of lib().

Yes, "help lib" is outdated.
"help genlib" actually speaks about the "lib" file:
"When all .sci files have been processed, genlib creates a library variable named lib_name and saves it in the file lib in dir_name."

Samuel