changeset 276:e4175c38b012

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.
author Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
date Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:51:24 -0700
parents 24faaa3cf5e5
children 3bdd924a5fc7
files @py/subsref.m
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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));