Re: Why does Octave ignore additional input arguments ?

[Julien Bect]

Le 08/02/2016 21:57, Olaf Till a écrit :
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 06:59:27PM +0100, Julien Bect wrote:
> > >Hello everyone,
> > >
> > >I was wondering whether there is a specific reason why Octave silently
> > >ignores additional input arguments in a function.
> > >
> > >For instance:
> > >
> > > > > >>F = @(x) x^2;  F(2, 3)
> > >ans =  4
> > >
> > >while in Matlab I get a "Too many input arguments" error.
> > >
> > >@++
> > >Julien
> This was discussed in the thread starting with:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-octave/2009-08/msg00037.html
>
> Summarizing, this behaviour of Octave might have been introduced
> without a strong reason, but it has regarded as to be useful.

Thanks for the link, Olaf. I assumed this would have been discussed but 
I had failed to find the relevant thread.

I have to confess that I'm not really convinced by the reasons given to 
keep the current behaviour...

But this has already been discussed, so let's leave things as they are.

@++
Julien