Re: File extensions in __list_functions__

[John W. Eaton]

On 26-May-2009, John W. Eaton wrote:

| OK.  Currently, __list_functions__ (DIR) is just calling 
| 
|   string_vector fl = load_path::files (dir);
| 
| so it gets a list of all files, not just .m, .oct, and .mex files.
| Maybe we need a
| 
|   load_path::fcn_names (DIR)
| 
| function that returns the names of the functions defined in a
| particular directory, regardless of whether DIR is actually in the
| load path.  This function would just be in the load_path class becuase
| it seems to be a related function.
| 
| I'll add this function and fix __list_functions__ (DIR) unless you
| object.

Sorry, I misread what load_path::files is doing.  It is returning only
function files.  So I added an optional argument to allow it to omit
file extensions.  The change is checked in here:

  http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/95445f9f5976

Should this go in 3.2.0?

jwe