Re: Testing for function handles

[John W. Eaton]

On  9-Nov-2011, Juan Pablo Carbajal wrote:

| I could work on the implementation of a function to check for
| function_handle. I would do something like what is done for ischar,
| src/strfns.cc line 297. I have noticed that there is already a
| is_function_hanlde in octave_values, so it is just a matter of
| defining the function.

Yes, that's what I would do.  The args(0).is_defined () part of that
function is probably not needed.

| Now, where is the place for such a function? and Would you call it
| is_function_handle or isfunhandle or something alike?

I think it should be called is_function_handle.  The file
ov-fcn-handle.cc is probably a good place for it.

jwe