dismiss -- dismiss a package

Usage:

dismiss pkg
Inputs:
- pkg, a package,
Consequences:
- the dictionary of the package pkg is removed from dictionaryPath, so the symbols exported by pkg are no longer available for use.

Description

The package itself is still accessible under its name in the PackageDictionary, and its exported symbols can be made available again with use.

i1 : newPackage "PKG"

o1 = PKG

o1 : Package

i2 : export "x1"

o2 = {x1}

o2 : List

i3 : x1=3

o3 = 3

i4 : endPackage "PKG"

o4 = PKG

o4 : Package

i5 : dictionaryPath

o5 = {PKG.Dictionary, Varieties.Dictionary, Isomorphism.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Truncations.Dictionary, Polyhedra.Dictionary, Saturation.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Elimination.Dictionary, OldChainComplexes.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     TangentCone.Dictionary, SimpleDoc.Dictionary, ReesAlgebra.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     PrimaryDecomposition.Dictionary, MinimalPrimes.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     PackageCitations.Dictionary, OnlineLookup.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     LLLBases.Dictionary, InverseSystems.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     IntegralClosure.Dictionary, ConwayPolynomials.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Classic.Dictionary, User#"private dictionary", User.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Core.Dictionary, OutputDictionary, PackageDictionary}

o5 : List

i6 : x1

o6 = 3

i7 : dismiss PKG

o7 = PKG

o7 : Package

i8 : dictionaryPath

o8 = {Varieties.Dictionary, Isomorphism.Dictionary, Truncations.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Polyhedra.Dictionary, Saturation.Dictionary, Elimination.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     OldChainComplexes.Dictionary, TangentCone.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     SimpleDoc.Dictionary, ReesAlgebra.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     PrimaryDecomposition.Dictionary, MinimalPrimes.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     PackageCitations.Dictionary, OnlineLookup.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     LLLBases.Dictionary, InverseSystems.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     IntegralClosure.Dictionary, ConwayPolynomials.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Classic.Dictionary, User#"private dictionary", User.Dictionary,
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Core.Dictionary, OutputDictionary, PackageDictionary}

o8 : List

i9 : x1

o9 = x1

o9 : Symbol

i10 : values PackageDictionary

o10 = {OldChainComplexes, PrimaryDecomposition, OldChainComplexes, SimpleDoc,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      SimpleDoc, Polyhedra, OnlineLookup, Text, Polyhedra, Parsing,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      ConwayPolynomials, Parsing, LLLBases, ConwayPolynomials,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      PackageCitations, ReesAlgebra, ReesAlgebra, Truncations, PKG,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      Truncations, Topcom, PKG, Saturation, InverseSystems, MinimalPrimes,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      MinimalPrimes, FourierMotzkin, Core, Varieties, PrimaryDecomposition,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      Varieties, OnlineLookup, Text, IntegralClosure, IntegralClosure,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      LLLBases, Isomorphism, Isomorphism, Elimination, PackageCitations,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      Elimination, TangentCone, Topcom, TangentCone, User, Saturation,
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      Classic, InverseSystems, Classic, FourierMotzkin, Core}

o10 : List

i11 : use PKG

o11 = PKG

o11 : Package

i12 : x1

o12 = 3

Ways to use dismiss:

dismiss(Package)
dismiss(String)

For the programmer

The object dismiss is a method function.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/functions/package-doc.m2:688:0.

dismiss -- dismiss a package

Description

See also

Ways to use dismiss:

For the programmer