[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #29433] clear <var_name> leaves remnants when var_name is a global variable

[Jaroslav Hajek]

Update of bug #29433 (project octave):

             Assigned to:                    None => highegg                

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Follow-up Comment #1:

>According to the documentation, clear <var_name> removes the variable from
the local and global symbol tables. 

This is not true neither in Octave nor Matlab. 

octave:1> global a = 1
octave:2> clear a
octave:3> global a
octave:4> a
a =  1

It doesn't seem to me that the documentation implies otherwise. In any case,
feel free to clarify it.

The observed autocompletion behavior is caused by the fact that  Octave
includes global variables in the completion. Alas, this is only useful to
complete a possible global declaration (otherwise the globals are not visible,
and afterwards they are in local scope), so maybe we shouldn't do it.

Possible patch attached.


(file #20147)
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