[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #47631] ind2sub with empty dimension vector

[Lachlan Andrew]

Update of bug #47631 (project octave):

                Severity:              3 - Normal => 2 - Minor              
                Priority:              5 - Normal => 3 - Low                
                 Release:                   4.0.0 => dev                    

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Follow-up Comment #3:

Mike, are you suggesting closing this with "won't fix"?

Rik, I don't quite follow your example.  Your comments after the example seem
to apply to


x = [];
[i,j] = ind2sub ([0, 0], 3)      % <-- [0, 0] = size (x)
% Now what do the following do in Matlab?
x(3)
x(i,j)


rather than the example you gave.  As Mike pointed out, [] is not the size of
any valid matrix.

To me, the question is whether or not handling [] in this way may allow a user
to avoid a "special case" check in some context.  If so, there is value in
handling it the way Matlab does.

Unfortunately the original poster didn't leave an email, so we'll never know
where this came up.

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