[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #39271] error('') does not abort execution of script.

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URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39271>

                 Summary: error('') does not abort execution of script.
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Mon 17 Jun 2013 06:39:37 PM UTC
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Mario Kleiner
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.6.1
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Hi,

in the current stable Octave 3.6.x, the error() function, when invoked with an
empty error string '', and also mexErrMsgTxt("") from the C mex api with an
empty string, do not return control to the command prompt, as they should.
E.g.:


function test

x = 1
error('');
x = 2

end


Would result in output:

x = 1
x = 2

instead of aborting with an error after x = 1. error() with a non-empty string
behaves as expected. This was tested on Octave 3.6.

Best,
-mario




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