[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #39790] "clear" also removes variables from the global workspace

[Michael Godfrey]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #39790 (project octave):

It appears that the indended behavior is implemented.
But, the documentation does not seem to give a clear
explanation.  The behavior of, fo example,
clear -x x2
is not clear. A user might think that x2 is an
argument, and then use the documentation section
that says:
=======================
If 'clear' is called without any arguments, all user-defined
     variables (local and global) are cleared from the symbol table.  If
     'clear' is called with at least one argument, only the visible
     names matching the arguments are cleared. 
=======================

How is the negation of this explanation to be interpreted?


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