Re: [major] struct array indexing in tip

[Thorsten Meyer]

John W. Eaton wrote:
> We need the tests, so I'm hoping someone else will have the time to do
> it.  Anyone?
While generating some tests for structure indexing, I came across this behaviour
  in octave (revision 83b8c739d626):

octave:165> clear
octave:166> b=struct ("name", {"a", "b", "c"; "d", "e", "f"}, "value", 0);
octave:167> b(1, [1,3]).name
ans = a
ans = c
octave:168> [b(1, [1,3]).name] = deal("aa", "cc");
octave:169> b(1, [1,3]).name
ans = aa
ans = cc

this works as I would have expected. However:

octave:173> [b(1:2, [1,3]).name] = deal("aaa", "ddd", "ccc", "fff");
error: A(I,J,...) = X: dimensions mismatch

Is that intended behaviour?

Now trying to nest struct arrays:

octave:173> b(3,1).value = b;
octave:174> b(3,1).value(1, [1,3]).name
ans = aa
ans = cc
octave:175> [b(3,1).value(1, [1,3]).name] = deal("aaa", "ccc")
error: invalid cs-list length in assignment
error: assignment to structure element failed
error: assignment failed, or no method for `struct = cs-list'

Should that work or have I misunderstood something?

regards

Thorsten