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A user found that the behaviour of calling a command from a library with a long form command name which invoked another command from that library with the short form name was unexpected:

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restart;
ScientificConstants:-GetValue(Constant(g))

Error, (in ScientificConstants:-GetValue) `Constant(g)` is not a scientific constant object

  
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We suggested to either

[Edit May 13 after Acer's improvements]

A) import the package such that all short form names of commands from the package are available in the Maple session and use the short form of both commands:

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restart;
with(ScientificConstants):
GetValue(Constant(g));

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Download scientificConstantsGetValueShortFormsWithPackage.mw

or

B) use long forms for both command names:

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restart;
ScientificConstants:-GetValue(ScientificConstants:-Constant(g))

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Download scientificConstantsGetValueLongFormLongForm.mw

or

C) to test that a long form command and a short form command work together, import the package for the short form command:

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restart;
with(ScientificConstants):
ScientificConstants:-GetValue(Constant(g))

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Download scientificConstantsGetValueLongFormWithPackage.mw

Further details can be found in the article ?UsingPackages
package long-form

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