[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #51411] parcellfun shows misleading error for empty input

[Andreas Weber]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51411>

                 Summary: parcellfun shows misleading error for empty input
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: andy1978
            Submitted on: Fri 07 Jul 2017 09:35:11 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Missed Error or Warning
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

parallel 3.1.1

If parcellfun is called with empty arguments it shows


octave> x = parcellfun (3, "size", {})
error: parcellfun: failed to fork processes


which is misleading. I think it should show an error indicating that the input
set is empty or IMHO even better: just return an empty matrix/cell array




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