MATLAB: Can I have subdirectories in a +package directory

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I would like to know if it is possible to add subdirectories to a matlab package directory (denoted by a preceeding '+' in the directory name). Often I want to split up my functions within a package into logical units in directories, but without needing them to each have their own subnamespace. In other words, is it possible to have:

/+pkg/toplevelfun.m
/+pkg/subdir/lowerlevelfun.m

and have both called in my matlab code as:

pkg.toplevelfun
pkg.lowerlevelfun

My tests indicate this is not possible (at least in 2014a). Is this impossible, and if so, is there some technical reason it could not be implemented by TMW?

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The answer is no, you cannot have subdirectories in a package directory.

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Now add both myCommonStuff and myAddOnStuff to the MATLAB path and all functions or classes will appear in mypackage. Classes in myAddOnStuff are free to inherit from those in myCommonStuff.

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This functionality is currently not available in MATLAB. As a workaround, the attached function FINDSUBDIR accepts the directory path as an input string and lists of all MATLAB files within the directory, including directories marked with @ (class folders) and with + (package folders) in the MATLAB Command Prompt.

The syntax used to call the function is as follows:

findSubdir(cd, 'Recurse', true);

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