[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51329] nth_element / median function fail with disable_range(true) (or with --traditional)

[Mike Miller]

Follow-up Comment #27, bug #51329 (project octave):

I think we're starting to get a little off-topic here.

I think that this bug is worth fixing, I think the latest patch in comment #18
looks good. I haven't yet applied it and tested it myself, but it seems
reasonable at a glance.

This bug does not only affect people using --traditional, it just happens to
manifest that way for users of --traditional calling the median function.

The easiest way to demonstrate this bug without --traditional is with


>> nth_element ([1:10], 1:10)
ans =

    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10

>> nth_element ([1:10], [1:10])
error: nth_element: n must be a scalar or a contiguous range


The error is not very clear to the user why the first is acceptable but the
second is not a "contiguous range" for some reason.

This patch is relatively non-invasive, not too complicated, and should fix
that without making the normal case any worse.

Do you want this patch to be attributed to you (full name and email address)?
Are you the originator, can I use the name and email address in the bug fields
above?

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