ERPNext confused when i use same doctype name in different modules

Frappe Framework App Development
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Dear All,

when i create doctype called “DoctypeName1” in “module1” module
and create doctype called “DoctypeName1” in “module2” module
“same server same bench”

in the site, is module2 only installed,
so I expect to run module2/DoctypeName1 python functions

but ERPnext execute module1/DoctypeName1 python functions which totally have different functions

hope to get suggestions to handle multi-sites multi apps without facing any errors.

thank you in advance

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In Frappe Framework, DocType names have to be unique. You will have to namespace them with your custom app name as a prefix if you want to use conflicting names.

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I think Frappe should add a feature to allow different DocTypes from different Apps to have the same name and the “prefixing” should be done automatically.
Take the Library Management tutorial for example.
That tutorial creates a DocType named Article, and I just found out it conflicts with the ERPNext Article in the Education app.
These two Articles should co-exist and Frappe should know that they are from different apps.
e.g. the generate db tables should automatically have the prefixing in them, tab_library_management_article and tab_education_article.

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I created this feature request to make doctype namespace to their module.
Please vote for it. DocType names should be namespace to the module they belong to · Issue #13337 · frappe/frappe · GitHub

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