Re: How compatible does it have to be?

[Pantxo Diribarne]

Le 14/04/2015 02:47, Daniel a écrit :
> If I write a new function for a package, how comatible does it have to 
> be with matlab?
>
> For example, is the following difference considered a "bug"?
>
>
> In matlab:
>
>         >> T=maketform('affine',[.5 0 0; .5 2 0; 0 0 1]);
>         tformfwd([10 20],T)
>
>         ans =
>
>             15    40
>
>         >> tformfwd(T,[10 20])
>
>         ans =
>
>             15    40
>
> In octave:
>         octave:13> T=maketform('affine',[.5 0 0;.5 2 0;0 0 1]);
>         octave:14> tformfwd([10 20],T)
>         error: tformfwd: expect a transform structure as first argument
>
>
> Daniel
Hi,

The fact the Matlab accepts argument of tformfwd in any order is not 
documented and may change in the future, so I would stick to the 
properly documented interface and not consider this a bug. Lets keep 
being more rigorous than they are :-)

Pantxo