# HG changeset patch
# User Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
# Date 1469829084 25200
# Node ID e4175c38b0122ae3afb16dd4e9cc4ffa4b12fdd1
# Parent  24faaa3cf5e5fc9636e58c7e1da11c6b56c220eb
py: handle calling builtin functions with "py.foo" syntax (fixes issue #43)

* @py/subsref.m: Attempt to evaluate name as a builtin function or type
before attempting to import it as a module.

diff -r 24faaa3cf5e5 -r e4175c38b012 @py/subsref.m
--- a/@py/subsref.m	Fri Jul 29 14:39:27 2016 -0700
+++ b/@py/subsref.m	Fri Jul 29 14:51:24 2016 -0700
@@ -42,7 +42,15 @@
     error ("py: invalid indexing type");
   endif
 
-  y = pycall ("__import__", subs);
+  if (type == "." && ((numel (idx) == 1) || (idx(2).type != ".")))
+    try
+      y = pyeval (subs);
+    catch
+      y = pycall ("__import__", subs);
+    end_try_catch
+  else
+    y = pycall ("__import__", subs);
+  endif
 
   if (numel (idx) > 1)
     y = subsref (y, idx(2:end));