Re: Should "ans" include all side effects?

[Daniel J Sebald]

On 06/13/2014 02:50 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 06/13/2014 02:46 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
>
> > but I'm not certain about:
> >
> > octave-cli:130> a=1; a++
> > ans = 1
>
> Perhaps the result should match the following:
>
> octave-cli:139> a=1; a+=1
> a = 2
>
> i.e.,
>
> octave-cli:130> a=1; a++
> a = 2
>
> Dan

Actually, if side effect expressions are allowed, perhaps it should be 
that IF there is a side effect, it also is displayed, e.g.,

octave-cli:140> a=1; sin(a++)
ans =  0.84147
a   =  2

Dan