[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49687] help no longer works for functions defined with DEFALIAS

[Rik]

URL:
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                 Summary: help no longer works for functions defined with
DEFALIAS
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Wed 23 Nov 2016 02:08:40 PM PST
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.0
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

In prior versions of Octave, the documentation for functions which were
aliases of each other could be obtained under either name.  In 4.2.0, only one
name is allowed.  I happened to find this with the home/clc pair, but there
are many other examples such as lower/tolower.


DEFALIAS (home, clc)
help home
error: help: 'home' not found


This is probably a consequence of changing how the docstrings are stored in
C++ files.





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