Re: keyboard / debugging different in Octave 3.2 from 3.0?

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 27, 2009, at 2:57 AM, Matthias Brennwald wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I discovered that the keyboard command does not work the same in 3.2
> as it did in 3.0. For example, if I put the follwowing into an m file
> an run it with 3.2.0 (on a Mac), Octave will stop at the keyboard
> command and return to the prompt, but it won't know about x1, x2 or s:
>
> ----------------
> 1;
>
> function s = sumthat (x1,x2)
> s = x1 + x2;
> keyboard
> endfunction
>
> x = 1;
> y = 2;
> z = sumthat (x,y);
> ----------------
>
> Is this expected behaviour? How can I change it?
>
> Matthias

For octave-3.2 pulled and built on June 22, I get

octave:1> function s = sumthat (x1,x2)
> s = x1 + x2;
> keyboard
> endfunction
octave:2>
octave:2> x = 1;
octave:3> y = 2;
octave:4> z = sumthat (x,y);
keyboard: stopped in sumthat
debug> x1
x1 =  1
debug> x2
x2 =  2
debug> s
s =  3
debug> dbcont

I'm also running Mac OSX. I'll pull and build the most recent 3.2  
sources check those as well.

Ben