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Can one have custom "operator records" in WSM?

Inspired by this answer to my question on stack overflow I was curious about overloading the class operator to have an operator record. From the Modelica specs for Version 3.2.2 (Chapter 14) I take it that operator records are available in the language since 2013.

Can one have a class operator in WSM?

Edit: I edited the title to make my question more precise: I am interested in defining my own operator records.

Update: I have cross-posted this question now on Mathematica Stack Exchange (181939).
POSTED BY: Guido Wolf Reichert
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The error message is bit misleading, the actual error is 

Error: [<interactive>:41:5-41:18] Class Time not found in scope TestingTime.Time.'=='.

The other one is just a weird error that follows from proceeding without knowing what class Time is.

I belive this is correct behaviour, the example uses encapsulated which basically means stop normal lookup rules and look everything up in the global scope. Now when you put Time in a package TestingTime there is no Time in the global scope. You would have to change all import Time to import TestingTime.Time and then the example works.

I pasted in your original code and there Time is a top-level name that's why it worked for me.

I hope that explains it.
POSTED BY: Otto Tronarp
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Oh I totally missed that you cannot create them from the new class dialog, I see how that can be confusing.

I don't understand why it doesn't work for you. If I paste in the code you posted (in 4.3) and simulate the following model I get the expected result. I have a hard time believing that this could be a platform issue, but what platform are you on? 

model TestTime
  Time d1 = Time(d=1);
  Time d2 = Time(d=2);
equation
  Modelica.Utilities.Streams.print(String(d1, format="s"));
  Modelica.Utilities.Streams.print(String(d2, format="s"));
end TestTime;
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POSTED BY: Guido Wolf Reichert

Thank you, Otto, for making this more explicit. Albeit, the System Modeler does not allow to create a class called "operator"? I simply chose another one and edited it in Modelica text mode.

Is there a way to make the operator record that I posted work out in System Modeler? (the error message I got when creating it is quite confusing; shouldn't it work out according to ModelicaReference?)

Best, Guido

PS: Modelica By Example really is excellent and it got me going with WSM much easier than Peter Fritzon who is better once you are beyond "baby steps".
POSTED BY: Guido Wolf Reichert

Sorry for not being clear enough, but my point was that Complex uses operator records and Complex is just another Modelica library so of course you can have your own operator records.

I don't know what you have tried, but the Time package works as far as I can see in 4.3.

A note about the documentation, it only attempts to cover the usage of the product and not the Modelica language it self. I'm not saying that's a good thing, but it explains why you wont find any information about operator records in the documentation. The best places for documentation regarding the language in product are ModelicaReference (you need to load it first it's part of MSL) or Modelica By Example.
POSTED BY: Otto Tronarp

Yes, Complex (complex numbers) from the Modelica Standard Library is implemented using operator record. It's used in for example Modelica.ComplexBlocks.Examples.TestConversionBlock.
POSTED BY: Otto Tronarp
POSTED BY: Guido Wolf Reichert
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