Re: char ()

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 15, 2011, at 2:02 AM, Carlo de Falco wrote:

> After changeset af36cdb552a6 char does not throw an error if called with 
> no arguments, so the check for this error in test/test_string.m is obsolete, 
> right?
> c.
> 
> <open_bQnvOGwj.txt>

Yes. I think the test is obsolete.

Both Matlab and the current tip return an empty string when called with no 
inputs.

        isempty (char())
        ans =  1

Should the test be modified to reflect the proper behavior?

%% test/octave.test/string/char-2.m
%!assert (isempty (char ()))

Ben