Dec. 9, 2012
1:32 a.m.
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
Assuming that two software packages Spam and Ham install into directories Spam and Ham, how can merely having them installed side-by-side lead to a conflict?
I can see how running or importing Spam and Ham together might lead to problems. And I can see that if package Spam wants to install into directory Ham, that would be bad. But who does that?
If two packages Spam and Ham both define a module Jam, then the one that gets loaded will depend on the search path. That would be one form of conflict. ChrisA