[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #35881] clear all removes subfunctions

[Julien Bect]

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #35881 (project octave):

JWE asked (see comment #3):
> What does Matlab remove when "clear all" appears inside a function? [...]
Does it clear local variables defined inside the current function?

The documentation clearly states that "clear" or "clear all" removes all
variables from the current workspace.

http://fr.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/clear.html

Here is a little experiment to confirm (R2016a):

>> type test_clear_localvariables.m
function test_clear_localvariables ()
x = 1;
clear all
disp (x)
end

>> test_clear_localvariables
Reference to a cleared variable x.

Error in test_clear_localvariables (line 4)
disp (x)


Octave (test in 4.0.2) does the same (although with a less explicit error
message):

>> test_clear_localvariables
error: 'x' undefined near line 4 column 8
error: called from
    test_clear_localvariables at line 4 column 2
error: evaluating argument list element number 1
error: called from
    test_clear_localvariables at line 4 column 2


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