Re: Q: Testing forthe existence of a function

[Giles Chamberlin <giles.chamberlin@tandberg.com>]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Usually, it is better to test whether the function or variable that
> you will use is defined. That provides finer granularity. 

Interesting.  I was thinking of my usual use case where I may or may not
have a particular library loaded, which admittedly was not the wording
of the original question.

> In sum, it helps to know a bit about the function and library in question, and
> even whether other libraries are common that might define a function with the
> same name.

Now that I can't argue with!

-- 
Giles