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Possible Bug of loading Package @ Mathematica 10.1


When I open mathematica, there will pop-up some messages


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where


<< package` 

is in the following file


FindFile["init.m"]


(*
C:\Users\HyperGroups\AppData\Roaming\Mathematica\Kernel\init.m
*)

package content in the package file:


BeginPackage["Test1`"]

Test1::usage = "";


Begin["`Private`"];

Nearest[{1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 5}, 5]

End[]

EndPackage[]

I've tried * Mathematica * 10.1@Windows and 10.0[without this problem]


Seems the problem is related with some special functions, like Nearest




Answer



Update


This has been fixed in a general way as of version 11.2.0. For more details, see this answer.




This is a known issue. It is not about package loading (or Nearest) but about Catch/Throw not working correctly when used during kernel initialization. For example, just putting the following in init.m


Catch[Throw[1]]

will result in similar behavior. See also Arnoud Buzing's post here.


The workaround I've been using is to run any init code depending on Catch/Throw as a scheduled task, e.g.


task := Get["package`"];

RunScheduledTask[task, {1}]

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