error using -> set (gca, "deletefcn", address@hidden, gcf})

[Ben Abbott]

Running matlab these commands do not produce an error, and both the figure and 
its axes are deleted.

octave:1> hax = axes ();
octave:2> set (hax, "deletefcn", address@hidden, gcf})
octave:3> clf
error: Invalid call to delete.  Correct usage is:

 -- Function File:  delete (FILE)
 -- Function File:  delete (HANDLE)
 
error: called from:
error:   
/Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/local_clone/scripts/help/print_usage.m at 
line 85, column 5
error:   
/Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/local_clone/scripts/miscellaneous/delete.m
 at line 53, column 5
error: set: invalid graphics handle for property "currentaxes"
error:   
/Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/local_clone/scripts/miscellaneous/delete.m
 at line 48, column 1
error:   /Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/local_clone/scripts/plot/clf.m 
at line 75, column 1

Ben