fixed newPackage to permit terminal null entries

Macaulay2 · Aug 25, 2024 · b0cef92 · b0cef92
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diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/packages.m2 b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/packages.m2
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ getpkgNoLoad = pkgname -> if isPackageLoaded pkgname then value PackageDictionar
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 newPackage = method(
+    Dispatch => Thing,
     Options => {
 	Authors                   => {},
 	AuxiliaryFiles            => false,
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ newPackage = method(
 	UseCachedExampleOutput    => null,
 	Version                   => "0.0"
 	})
+newPackage Sequence := opts -> x -> newPackage splice(nonnull x, opts) -- to allow null entries
 newPackage String := opts -> pkgname -> (
     -- package name must be alphanumeric
     checkPackageName pkgname;

diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/packages/CMakeLists.txt b/M2/Macaulay2/packages/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ foreach(_target IN LISTS _target_prefixes)
   add_custom_target(${_target}-packages DEPENDS ${${_dependencies_list}})
 endforeach()
 
+# Makes the target all (possibly) depend on info-packages and install-packages
 set_target_properties(${_all_target_list} PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL OFF)
 
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diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/packages/Macaulay2Doc/functions/package-doc.m2 b/M2/Macaulay2/packages/Macaulay2Doc/functions/package-doc.m2
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 --- author(s): Mahrud
 --- notes: functions below are all defined in packages.m2
 
+undocumented (newPackage, Sequence)
+
 doc ///
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   Key
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     --- author(s): Mahrud
     --- notes: functions below are all defined in packages.m2
+    undocumented (newPackage, Sequence)
     doc ///
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