[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44552] inputdlg crashes GUI with certain prompts

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URL:
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                 Summary: inputdlg crashes GUI with certain prompts 
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Mon 16 Mar 2015 04:02:56 PM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Crash
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Dan Zimmerman
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.8.2
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

I am attempting to define an input dialog with many fields with complex names
and want to split the prompt over many lines.

If I do it with ellipses then everything is okay:



prompt = {'foo',...
          'bar'}
inputdlg(prompt)


However, if I omit the ellipsis as below, the cell array is still parsed fine,
but inputdlg crashes Octave entirely, e.g.


prompt2 = {'foo',
          'bar'}
inputdlg(prompt2)


The cell array 'prompt2' is defined, but calling inputdlg on it results in a
silent exit.

Perhaps it shouldn't work without the ellipsis, which is fine and fixes my
problem for now, but I'd expect it to throw an error instead of crashing.

Experimental 3.8.2 GUI on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, SP1





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