Re: predicate name changes

[Etienne Grossmann]

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 09:15:42AM -0400, Paul Kienzle wrote:
# On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 02:35:33AM -0500, John W. Eaton wrote:
# > I've changed the names of the following predicates in CVS Octave:
# > 
# >   is_bool     is_list    is_square  is_symmetric
# >   is_complex  is_matrix  is_stream  is_vector
# >   is_global   is_scalar  is_struct
# > 
# > They no longer have the underscore, so is_bool is now isbool,
# > is_complex is iscomplex, etc.
# > 
# > There is a new directory of M-files (in the sources it is
# > scripts/deprecated) so the old names still work, but if you ask for
# > help for any of the old function names, you will be told that the
# > function is deprecated and to use the new name.
# > 
# > Now I need someone to search through the Octave sources and convert
# > all the uses of the old names to the new, and submit patches for these
# > changes.
# > 
# > Can someone please do this?
# 
# address@hidden scripts]$ grep -ld skip is_ */* */*/* | wc
#     262     262    6395
# 
# I'll do signal/ and strings/ this morning.  How do you want the patches?
# One per file?  One per directory?  One per toolbox?  One for everything?
# 

  Would you like help with the rest? There's nothing a little perl
can't do :-). Paul did you write a script already?

  Cheers,

  Etienne

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