[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50875] which() returns 'built-in function' for user object methods

[Ray Zimmerman]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50875>

                 Summary: which() returns 'built-in function' for user object
methods
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rdzman
            Submitted on: Tue 25 Apr 2017 04:26:30 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Ray Zimmerman
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: Mac OS

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Details:

For a user-defined class 'myclass', which() has different behavior on Octave
and Matlab. For example, given the attached file, placed in a @myclass
directory on the path, I get the following:

Matlab
++
>> which myclass
/Users/ray/test/@myclass/myclass.m  % myclass constructor

>> which @myclass
'@myclass' not found.

>> which @myclass/myclass
/Users/ray/test/@myclass/myclass.m  % myclass constructor
--

Octave
++
> which myclass
'myclass' is a built-in function

> which @myclass

> which @myclass/myclass
'@myclass/myclass' is a built-in function
--




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File Attachments:


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Date: Tue 25 Apr 2017 04:26:30 PM UTC  Name: myclass.m  Size: 180B   By:
rdzman

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=40506>

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