Filter out "Dot indexing is not supported for variables of this type." error...

Filter out "Dot indexing is not supported for variables of this type." error if variable conflicts with namespace

matlab/dynare.m

@@ -280,9 +280,14 @@ clear(['+' fname '/driver'])
 try
     evalin('base',[fname '.driver']) ;
 catch ME
+    W = evalin('base','whos');
     diary off   
+    if ismember(fname,[W(:).name])
+        error('Your base workspace already contains a variable with the same name as the mod-file.\nYou need to delete it or rename the mod-file.')        
+    else        
         rethrow(ME)    
     end    
+end
 
 diary off