Re: fail.m ?

[John W. Eaton]

On 15-Mar-2006, Paul Kienzle wrote:

| There are two things I don't like about fail: it duplicates
| code it test.m and like eval it involves too much quoting.
| 
| Also I wasn't expecting it would be needed in at %!test
| block since failure conditions should be fairly easy to
| set up.  It isn't present in octave-forge.
| 
| That said, if David feels the need for it, then by all
| means resurrect it.
| 
| I think the interface should be changed so that it matches
| the format of error/warning blocks.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Comments?

I guess I'm in favor of eliminating redundant commands unless there is
a good reason (like it is clearer to have both).  In any case, I've
restored fail.m for now.

jwe