Recognizing properties, methods and function names in Matlab code.

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I'm writing a global naming convention change utility for Matlab code. To this end, I would like to know the answers to the following:
In correctly written Matlab and excluding dynamic access:
1. Given a property name outside of its declaration in class, will it always be preceded by a dot?
2. Given a method name outside of its declaration in class, will it always be preceded by a dot?
3. Given a method name outside of its declaration in class, will it always be followed by zero or more whitespaces and an open parenthesis OR followed by an @ symbol?
4. Given a standalone function name will it always, in correctly (non-deprecated) written code, be followed by zero or more whitespaces and an open parenthesis OR be preceded by an @ symbol?
Thank you for any help.

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Bruno Luong
Bruno Luong on 16 Apr 2022
None of that is true. Some counter examples:
  1. set(obj, 'property', value)
  2. mymeth(obj, ...)
  3. obj.mymeth % no argument
  4. feval('myfun', arg1)
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SK
SK on 16 Apr 2022
Of course, how stupid of me. Yes that certainly would be an issue.
SK
SK on 16 Apr 2022
I will also assume that the root folder tree is closed (that is all references to names inside the folder tree are defined within the tree and there are no references to names from outside the tree). This would make it simpler.

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