[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #47174] inf not allowed as range bound in for loop

[Carlo de Falco]

URL:
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                 Summary: inf not allowed as range bound in for loop
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: cdf
            Submitted on: Tue 16 Feb 2016 11:14:15 PM CET
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

The following code returns only a warning in matlab:


>> for ii = 1:inf, ii, if (ii>2), break, end,  end 
Warning: FOR loop index is too large. Truncating to 9223372036854775807. 
 ii =    1
 ii =    2
 ii =    3
>> 


while it is an error in Octave


>> for ii = 1:inf, ii, if (ii>2), break, end,  end 
error: invalid range
>>


I'm not sure this feature is worth copying ...

c.




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