Re: Octave becoming too MATLAB compatible ?

[Julien Bect]

Le 29/08/2014 22:21, Ulf Griesmann a écrit :
> # test script
> say_hello;
>
> function say_hello
>     fprintf('Hello !\n');
> endfunction 

I don't know if it was working before, but I can confirm that I get the 
same result in 3.9.0+ (gui-release branch).

On the other hand, changing the script a little bit:

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function say_hello
    fprintf ('Hello !\n');
endfunction

say_hello;
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I get the following output:

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warning: function name 'say_hello' does not agree with function file 
name '/home/bect/Sandbox/testscript1.m'
Hello !
--------------------

which is weird I think, because the m-file seems to be recongnized as a 
function m-file, but still the "say_hello" statement at the end is 
executed as in a script.

Finally, I have also tried to redefine the function inside the script:

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disp ("Prevents Octave from thinking it's a function file");

function say_hello
    disp ("Hello !");
endfunction

say_hello;

function say_hello
    disp ("Helloooo !");
endfunction

say_hello;
--------------------

and it gives me:

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Prevents Octave from thinking it's a function file
Hello !
Helloooo !
--------------------

It is thus possible to redefine a function inside a script m-file which 
makes my opinion rather natural the error that you get it the first example.

I have no idea if all of this is intended or if a bug report must be 
created.

@++
Julien