{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LumaPictures/pymel/issues/108","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LumaPictures/pymel/issues/108/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LumaPictures/pymel/issues/108/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LumaPictures/pymel/issues/108/events","html_url":"https://github.com/LumaPictures/pymel/issues/108","id":100621271,"number":108,"title":"pymel don't return a object if i create a joint with a name that already exist","user":{"login":"chadrik","id":63251,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63251?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik","html_url":"https://github.com/chadrik","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LumaPictures/pymel/labels/imported","name":"imported","color":"FFFFFF"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-08-12T19:52:01Z","updated_at":"2015-08-12T19:52:02Z","closed_at":null,"body":"_From [colas.fi...@gmail.com](https://code.google.com/u/102476248190875495058/) on May 06, 2009 03:10:09_\n\nmaya 2009 sp1a linux 64\r\n\r\npymel 0.91\r\n\r\n\\>>>foo = joint (name='lala')\r\n\\>>>foo\r\nJoint(u'lala')\r\n\\>>>hello = joint (name='lala')\r\n\\>>>hello \r\nu'lala'\n\n_Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/pymel/issues/detail?id=76_"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LumaPictures/pymel/issues/comments/130425311","html_url":"https://github.com/LumaPictures/pymel/issues/108#issuecomment-130425311","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/LumaPictures/pymel/issues/108","id":130425311,"user":{"login":"chadrik","id":63251,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63251?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik","html_url":"https://github.com/chadrik","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chadrik/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-12T19:52:02Z","updated_at":"2015-08-12T19:52:02Z","body":"_From [chad...@gmail.com](https://code.google.com/u/101505156600271307269/) on May 08, 2009 12:40:35_\n\nthe oversight is on autodesk's part.  the problem is that the joint command returns the short name of the object, \r\nnot the long name or the shortest unique name.  the second object is actually the child of the first, so it's dag \r\npath is 'lala|lala'.  but since the joint command returns 'lala' -- a non-unique name -- we don't know which it is \r\nsuppose to represent.  likewise, running select('lala') will raise an error.  however, i think the simple solution here \r\nis to just return the current selection.\n\n**Status:** Accepted  \n  **Owner:** chadrik  \n"}}