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Can I test to see if a procedure is defined?

Michael L

I am writing a skill program that at one point uses a skill procedure defined by a different skill program.  Because of this, I want a way to test to see if the procedure I want to use has been defined.  If it hasn't been defined yet, then and only then do I want to load the other program.  If the procedure is defined, I do not want to waste the time loading it again.

Is there a way to test to see if a procedure is already defined?

  • You can use getd('funcName) to determine if a function is defined. However, it's better to use isCallable('funcName) because that will tell you if either the function is defined, or would be when you call it (because it has an autoload defined, for example).

    In fact rather than doing this check, it would be simpler to just do:

    funcName.autoload="source_file.il"

    and then if the function is defined already when it's called, it just gets called, otherwise it will attempt to load the file to define the function before calling it.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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